Robert Conquest

The Profile

British historian and poet best known for his studies of Stalin and Soviet history, including The Great Terror and Harvest of Sorrow.

Born 15 July 1917, died 3 August 2015. Noted for influential works on Stalinist repression and Soviet-era famines.

The review criticizes Conquest's Stalin as partisan and thin on citation and detail, despite fluent writing. The reviewer praises Conquest's anti-Stalin stance but faults gaps, hypotheses, and a promotional tone toward his other works. The review recommends reading additional, more detailed studies.