The history of the Gulag : from collectivization to the great terror / Oleg V. Khlevniuk ; foreword by Robert Conquest ; translated by Vadim A. Staklo with editorial assistance and commentary by David J. Nordlander.
Origins of the Stalinist Gulag -- Famine -- Stabilization of the System -- The Great Terror -- Beria's "Reforms" -- Mobilization and Repression -- The Victims -- Conclusion: The Price of Terror.