Kevin McDermott is Senior Lecturer in Political History at Sheffield Hallam University. Matthew Stibbe is Reader in History at Sheffield Hallam University.

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1. Stalinist terror in Eastern Europe: Problems, perspectives and interpretations - Kevin McDermott and Matthew Stibbe
2. Soviet in form, local in content: Elite repression and mass terror in the Baltic States, 1940-53 - Aldis Purs
3. Stalinist terror in Soviet Moldavia, 1940-53 - Igor Casu
4. East Germany, 1945-53: Stalinist repression and internal Party purges - Matthew Stibbe
5. Stalinism in Poland, 1944-56 - Lukasz Kaminski
6. Stalinist terror in Czechoslovakia: Origins, processes, responses - Kevin McDermott
7. Stalinist terror in Hungary, 1945-56 - László Borhi
8. Political purges and mass repression in Romania, 1948-55 - Dennis Deletant
9. Stalinist and anti-Stalinist repression in Yugoslavia, 1944-53 - Jerca VoduSek Staric
10. Stalinist terror in Bulgaria, 1944-56 - Jordan Baev
11. Purge and counter-purge in Stalinist Albania, 1944-56 - Robert C. Austin
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