For the first time, still-classified Soviet archives reveal the scope of terrorism under Joseph Stalin.

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• List of Illustrations (0817929029_vii.pdf ~21 KB)
• Preface (0817929029_ix.pdf ~40 KB)
• Chapter 1: Early Career (0817929029_1.pdf ~2237 KB)
• Chapter 2: Directing the Purges and Supervising the NKVD (0817929029_21.pdf ~2781 KB)
• Chapter 3: State Security Chief (0817929029_53.pdf ~1411 KB)
• Chapter 4: The Great Terror (0817929029_79.pdf ~142 KB)
• Chapter 5: Apogee (0817929029_113.pdf ~3508 KB)
• Chapter 6: Decline (0817929029_139.pdf ~2693 KB)
• Chapter 7: Fall (0817929029_159.pdf ~1385 KB)
• Chapter 8: Enemy of the People (0817929029_181.pdf ~69 KB)
• Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks (0817929029_195.pdf ~1040 KB)
• Notes (0817929029_213.pdf ~204 KB)
• Index (0817929029_263.pdf ~67 KB)