In his "Secret Speech" of February 1956 Nikita Khrushchev accused Joseph Stalin of immense crimes. Khrushchev&
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Table of contents :
Chapter 1. The Cult and Lenin's "Testament"
Chapter 2. Collegiality "Trampled"
Chapter 3. Stalin's "Arbitrariness" Towards the Party
Chapter 4. The "Cases" Against Party Members and Related Questions
Chapter 5. Stalin and the War
Chapter 6. Of Plots and Affairs
Chapter 7. Beria, His "Machinations" and "Crimes"
Chapter 8. Ideology and Culture
Chapter 9. Stalin's Last Years in Power
Chapter 10. A Typology of Prevarication
Chapter 11. The Results of Khrushchev's "Revelations"; Falsified Rehabilitations
Chapter 12. Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of Khrushchev's Deception
Appendix. Quotations from Primary and Other Sources
KHRUSHCHEV LIED BY GROVER FURR
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