On 13th January 1953, a stunned world learned that a vast conspiracy among Jewish doctors to murder Kremlin leaders had been unmasked. Pravda reported that several of the doctors had confessed to the crime. Mass arrests followed. The Doctors' Plot, as this action came to be called, was Stalin's last great criminal conspiracy. In the years since Stalin's death many myths have grown about it, while Stalin's own motives have been the object of endless speculation. Did he himself invent it or was it engineered by subordinates ...
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On 13th January 1953, a stunned world learned that a vast conspiracy among Jewish doctors to murder Kremlin leaders had been unmasked. Pravda reported that several of the doctors had confessed to the crime. Mass arrests followed. The Doctors' Plot, as this action came to be called, was Stalin's last great criminal conspiracy. In the years since Stalin's death many myths have grown about it, while Stalin's own motives have been the object of endless speculation. Did he himself invent it or was it engineered by subordinates who wished to eliminate Kremlin rivals? Was Stalin motivated by venomous anti-Semitism? How was this plot related to the Cold War then raging in Europe and the war in Korea? And, finally, was the Doctors' Plot connected with Stalin's convenient death? Through access to previously unseen Soviet documents, this great conundrum of Cold War politics is unravelled for the first time.
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Fair. Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. As well answers may be filled in. May be missing DVDs, CDs, Access code, etc. 100%Money-Back Guarantee! Ship within 24 hours! !
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Fine. 8vo. xi, 398pp, chronology, bibliography, index. Paperback. In January 1953, an apparent conspiracy among Jewish doctors to murder Kremlin chiefs was discovered. The forced confessions which followed did not answer the most important questions. Did Stalin invent the conspiracy to further discredit the Jewish population, or were Jewish doctors actually involved in the deaths at his behest? Or was the 'doctors' plot' in fact the idea of Kremlin officials who used it to remove rivals in government, and perhaps even Stalin himself?
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
