| Show Trials: Stalinist Purges in Eastern Europe, 1948-1954 Contributor(s): Hodos, George H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275927830 ISBN-13: 9780275927837 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1987 Annotation: Show Trials combines first-hand knowledge with hitherto unpublished, confidential material, to offer a penetrating and candid account of the Stalinist purges that occurred in Albanian, East German, Bulgarian, and Rumanian purges, as well as in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. George Hodos shows how these trials played a pivotal role in consolidating Soviet domination over the satellite countries during Stalin's lifetime. As an important addition to our understanding of these events and times, Show Trials is essential for historians of Eastern Europe and absorbing reading for anyone interested in world affairs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - General - Law | International |
| Dewey: 345.470 |
| LCCN: 87013769 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.04" W x 9.52" (1.14 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Show Trials combines first-hand knowledge with hitherto unpublished, confidential material, to offer a penetrating and candid account of the Stalinist purges that occurred in Albanian, East German, Bulgarian, and Rumanian purges, as well as in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. George Hodos shows how these trials played a pivotal role in consolidating Soviet domination over the satellite countries during Stalin's lifetime. As an important addition to our understanding of these events and times, Show Trials is essential for historians of Eastern Europe and absorbing reading for anyone interested in world affairs. |