Invitation To Moscow
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Poor. Jacket: Damaged: Chipped and worn with some moderate damage — dust jacket is heavily worn, chipped at edges, torn and fragile, with significant yellowing and browning; some moisture damage. The hardcover board beneath is in good condition with clean spine lettering and publisher's emblem intact. Page Condition: fep missing; foxing on prelims and book block. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact and firm.
A gripping work of Cold War non-fiction, Invitation to Moscow chronicles the harrowing firsthand account of Zbigniew Stypulkowski, a prominent Polish lawyer and politician who was arrested by Soviet secret police at the close of World War II and subjected to the infamous NKVD interrogation methods. Stypulkowski details his extraordinary psychological resistance during months of brutal interrogation, culminating in the notorious 1945 Moscow show trial — the so-called Trial of the Sixteen — in which sixteen leaders of the Polish Underground were prosecuted by the Soviet regime. The narrative presents a rare and authoritative insider's account of Stalinist terror, illustrating the chilling machinery of Soviet coercion designed to break the human will. Translated into English by H.R. Rawlinson, the account stands as a vital historical document of totalitarianism, resistance, and survival that shaped Western understanding of life behind the Iron Curtain.
Author: Z. Stypulkowski
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, Thames and Hudson
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Poor. Jacket: Damaged: Chipped and worn with some moderate damage — dust jacket is heavily worn, chipped at edges, torn and fragile, with significant yellowing and browning; some moisture damage. The hardcover board beneath is in good condition with clean spine lettering and publisher's emblem intact. Page Condition: fep missing; foxing on prelims and book block. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact and firm.
A gripping work of Cold War non-fiction, Invitation to Moscow chronicles the harrowing firsthand account of Zbigniew Stypulkowski, a prominent Polish lawyer and politician who was arrested by Soviet secret police at the close of World War II and subjected to the infamous NKVD interrogation methods. Stypulkowski details his extraordinary psychological resistance during months of brutal interrogation, culminating in the notorious 1945 Moscow show trial — the so-called Trial of the Sixteen — in which sixteen leaders of the Polish Underground were prosecuted by the Soviet regime. The narrative presents a rare and authoritative insider's account of Stalinist terror, illustrating the chilling machinery of Soviet coercion designed to break the human will. Translated into English by H.R. Rawlinson, the account stands as a vital historical document of totalitarianism, resistance, and survival that shaped Western understanding of life behind the Iron Curtain.