About the Author

Alexander N. Yakovlev is president of the International Democracy Foundation in Moscow and chair of Russia's Presidential Commission for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression.

Reviews

"Among the best 250 pages you will ever read on Stalin." Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sunday Times "A searing book." Bill Keller, New York Times; "Well documented... Yakovlev provides a systematic and keenly insightful analysis of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Soviet system up to its collapse. This is a book that deserves to be widely read." Aurel Braun, Globe and Mail (Toronto); "The quest for truth and justice erupts with explosive force in this book." David Pryce-Jones, National Review; "A fierce, raging indictment of the Soviet system." Virginia Quarterly Review"