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Description of  Inventing the Enemy: Denunciation and Terror in Stalin's Russia.

Stalin's terror shaped the lives and behavior of people in every Soviet work place. Communist Party leaders strongly encouraged ordinary citizens and party members to "unmask the hidden enemy." People responded by flooding the secret police and local authorities with accusations. This book examines the terror in Moscow's factories, revealing the terrible dilemmas people confronted in their struggles to survive.