TY - BOOK ID - 77869616 TI - Enemies within the gates? PY - 2001 SN - 1281731390 9786611731397 0300133197 9780300133196 9780300082425 0300082428 9781281731395 6611731393 PB - New Haven Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Political persecution KW - History. KW - Communist International KW - Communist Information Bureau KW - Kyōsan Intānashonaru KW - Kyōsan Shugi Intānashonaru KW - Bolshevik International KW - International Communist Congress KW - Red International KW - Third Communist International KW - Third International KW - Tretiĭ Internat︠s︡ional KW - International (Third) KW - Kommunisticheskiĭ Internat︠s︡ional KW - Kommunistische Internationale KW - Internazionale comunista KW - Коминтерн KW - Komintern KW - Comintern KW - Troisième Internationale KW - Dritte Internationale KW - Komunistická internacionála KW - Třetí Internacionála KW - Internacional Comunista KW - 3-ĭ Internat︠s︡ional KW - Internationale communiste KW - I.C. (Communist International) KW - IC (Communist International) KW - Kommunistiska internationalen KW - Terza Internazionale KW - Kominterun KW - Комунистический интернационал KW - Komunisticheskiĭ internat︠s︡ional KW - Daisan Intānashonaru KW - Konmintan KW - Kung chʻan kuo chi KW - Kokusai Kyōsantō KW - Komintān KW - Mosukō Intānashonaru KW - Tretja Internacionala KW - Komuminterun KW - Kommunista Internacionálé KW - Communistische Internationale KW - Kūmintrun KW - كومنترن KW - אינטרנצינל הקומוניסטי KW - コミンテルン KW - 共產國際 KW - Tercera Internacional KW - Soviet Union KW - Politics and government KW - Communist International -- History.. KW - Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- History.. KW - Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77869616 AB - This compelling work of documentary history tells a story of idealism betrayed, a story of how the Comintern (Communist International), an organization established by Lenin in 1919 to direct and assist revolutionary movements throughout the world, participated in and was ultimately destroyed by the Stalinist repression in the late 1930's. Presenting and drawing on recently declassified archival documents, William J. Chase analyzes the Comintern's roles as agent, instrument, and victim of terror. In both principle and practice, the Comintern was an international organization, with a staff that consisted primarily of Communist émigrés who had fled dictatorial regimes in Europe and Asia. It was, however, headquartered in Moscow and controlled by Soviet leaders. This book examines the rise of suspicions and xenophobia among Soviet and Comintern leaders and cadres for whom many foreigners were no longer the heroes of the class struggle but rather possible enemy agents. Some Comintern members internalized and acted on Stalin's theories about the infiltration of foreign spies into Soviet society, supplying the Soviet police with information that led to the exile or execution of imigris. Thousands of other imigris also became victims of the purges. Together the text and documents of this book convey graphically the essential roles played by the Comintern, providing a unique perspective on the era of Stalinist repression and terror. ER -