isaac deutscher
the purges were motivated by the need to united russian from german attack
tucker
longer term economic development could have rise out of NEP; without stalin’s methods
mcauley
soviets forced completly devote themsevles to the stalinist regime believing in justice made it easier to accept punishment
getty and nachmov
although by the end of the decade he was unquestionably the supreme leader, he was never omnipotent
he always functioned with a matrix of other groups and interests