Terror by Quota: State Security from Lenin to Stalin (an Archival Study) (Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes) - Hardcover

"In the vast and growing literature on Stalinism, this text stands out not only due to the extensive coverage of a complex subject matter but also due to its unique methodology. Paul Gregory applies the rational-choice paradigm to the policies, and, in particular, the infamous Great Terror of 1937-1938. This important study improves our understanding of dictatorship and broadens the scope of historical economic analysis in general."-Valery Lazarev, University of Houston and Hoover Institution -- Valery Lazarev "This book, the first to focus on the 'working arrangements' of security agencies under Stalin, unlocks a number of issues in Soviet history that have until now been classified as instances of the dictator's irrationality or excess."-Mark Harrison, University of Warwick -- Mark Harrison

Lists serve a variety of functions in Emerson's essays, Whitman's poems, Melville's novels, and Thoreau's memoirs. Belknap discusses the surprising variety of pattern, intention, scope, art, and even philosophy.