{"product_id":"witnessing-stalins-justice-the-united-states-and-the-moscow-show-trials-paperback","title":"Witnessing Stalin's Justice: The United States and the Moscow Show Trials - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelly J. Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeanie M. Welch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitnessing Stalin's Justice \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together contemporary American reactions to the Moscow show trials and analyses them to understand their impact on US-Soviet relations. Held between 1936 and 1938, the show trials made false charges such as espionage, sabotage and counter-revolutionary plotting at the behest of the exiled Leon Trotsky to condemn the veteran Party leaders who had founded the Communist Party and led the Russian Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing eyewitness accounts by American diplomats and foreign correspondents for the American press as well as official US government sources, this book highlights the wildly different reactions seen from liberals, radicals, intellectuals and mainstream media. Evans and Welch show how fractures of opinion ran through every level of US society and divided political groups, especially between the American Communist party and other left-wing organisations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering the closed trials of the Soviet military, the Soviet anti-foreigner campaign and the Dewey Commission as well as the show trials themselves, \u003ci\u003eWitnessing Stalin's Justice\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers and brings together American reactions to the Soviet Union's Great Purge.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly J. Evans \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Eastern Washington University, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanie M. Welch \u003c\/b\u003eis a former Professor and Reference Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, and former Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. She is the author of two monographs.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46938858750127,"sku":"9781350338319","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/ZFrTyztZ5L9781350338319.webp?v=1779385470","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/witnessing-stalins-justice-the-united-states-and-the-moscow-show-trials-paperback","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}