Let History Judge - Hardcover

Medvedev, Roy A. With Translation By, Colleen Taylor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394446453 ISBN 13: 9780394446455

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972

Synopsis

The Soviet historian, Medvedev, has updated his book which was first published in 1969, to include information amassed from personal inteviews, memoirs and archive material on certain events of the period, such as the 1929-32 purges, the Kirov assassination, the trial of Bukharin, Trotsky's revolutionary activity and Stalin's involvement with his murder, Stalin's mistakes during the war, new purges from 1946-53 and the vote of the 17th Congress which decided Stalin's candidacy. The new introduction discusses the treatment of Stalin and Stalinism in the USSR under Gorbachev.

About this title

Review:

"A milestone in the understanding of nearly fifty years of Russian history." -- Harrison Salisbury, The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Roy Medvedev is a prominent and highly respected Soviet historian of international reputation. His books include On Soviet Dissent and The October Revolution, (published by Columbia University Press). He has had articles published in the New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and Dissent.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0394446453
• ISBN 13: 9780394446455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1