The Trial of Bukharin.
Katkov, George. The Trial of Bukharin. New York: Stein and Day, [1969]. First edition. 255 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's black cloth very good, in moderately worn, price clipped dust jacket. Top edge red. Internally clean. A very good copy. $45. * This book examines the "Trial of the Twenty-One," where Bukharin, once a top Bolshevik theorist and "darling of the party," was accused of a massive conspiracy involving espionage and "Trotskyism" by Soviet premier Joseph Stalin. A central focus of the book is the psychological and political nature of Bukharin's confession, and how he attempted to use his testimony to preserve his ideological legacy even while "admitting" to treason under extreme duress.
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Book number 86047