Stalin: Order Through Terror - Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

Title: Stalin: Order Through Terror

Author: Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

Publisher: Longman

Format: Paperback

Edition: First English edition, 1981

ISBN: 0-582-29560-2

Condition: Good second-hand condition with light shelf wear, rubbing and minor edge and corner wear. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Volume Two of A History of the Soviet Union 1917–1953, this study traces the rise and consolidation of Stalinism and examines the political mechanisms through which Stalin secured control of the Soviet state and society.

Originally published in French and translated into English by Valence Ionescu, the book considers Stalin’s political methods, repression, ideology and the historical forces that shaped the Soviet Union under his rule.

About the Author: Hélène Carrère d'Encausse was a French historian and political scientist known for her extensive scholarship on Russia and the Soviet Union. She was Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris and later served as permanent secretary of the Académie française.