Table of Contents

List of Illustrations xi Preface to the Expanded Edition xiii Preface xv Introduction 3 PART I: SEIZURE ONE: Conquest 17 TWO: Elections 71 THREE: The Paradigm of Social Control 114 PART II: CONFINEMENTS FOUR: Socialization 125 FIVE: Prisons 144 SIX: Deportations 187 EPILOGUE: The Spoiler State 225 HISTORIOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT: A Tangled Web 241 Abbreviations 289 Notes 291 Bibliography 375 Index of Names and Places 383 Subject Index 391

About the Author

Jan T. Gross is Professor of Politics and European Studies at New York University. He is the author of among other books, Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, and a coeditor of The Politics of Retribution in Europe: World War II and its Aftermath (both Princeton).

Reviews

"[This] work is most welcome... [A] detailed and fascinating case study... [It] should be read by all students of Soviet history, sociology, and government."--Anna M. Cienciala, American Historical Review "The detailed personal testimony on the killings, incarcerations, and deportations, and on Soviet policy in action is ... convincing as well as dramatic and chilling."--Foreign Affairs