xxv, 283 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-272) and index.
Contents
Introduction: constructing the commissar -- Epilogue as prologue: the commissar at work -- The making of a Bolshevik -- In the provinces -- The party personnel system -- Sorting out the comrades -- Yezhov on the job: "cadres decide everything" -- Yezhov and the Kirov assassination -- Enemies large and small -- Angling for the job.