{"product_id":"9780842026505","title":"Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution","description":"In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia.  Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of  the secret life of one man. Newspaper headlines introduced him as a  \"twentieth-century Judas,\" and since his initiation to the most notorious  villains' club, his name, Evno Filipovich Azef, has remained in the Russian  tradition as a synonym for scandalous duplicity, unscrupulous perfidy, and  criminal provocation.\u003cp\u003e   His story is inseparable from the history of the Russian  Socialist-Revolutionary party (PSR) and the terrorism that plagued the  tsarist regime in the first decade of the twentieth century. More than  17,000 people were killed or wounded throughout the empire between 1905 and  1910 as a result of political assassination attempts alone. The use of  undercover police spies to infiltrate oppositionist groups was a primary  means of combatting terrorist activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Enter Evno Azef, a man who, before being reviled by  Socialist-Revolutionary party leaders as a traitorous double agent, would  spend fifteen years inside the PSR, the largest terrorist organization in  Russia. A man who would rise to a position of prominence in the party's  Central Committee, and become one of the most trusted leaders of its famous  terrorist arm, the SR Combat Organization: Evno Azef, Russian master spy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    A thorough investigation based on all available documentary  resources-available for the first time due to the Soviet government's  demise-Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution  sorts out the facts of the case from rumors and legends. Entangled in  Terror explores the background and history of the radical SR party and its  Combat Organization, the course of Azef's career, his role within the  party, and the extent and frequency of his contacts with the secret police.  The book evaluates the consequences of the Azef affair for the party, for  the Russian revolutionary movement, and for terrorism in Russia. Finally,  Entangled in Terror examines Azef's personal motivations: was he seduced by  money or did he seek adventure and the thrill of a double life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    A gripping expose on high-stakes political intrique, Entangled in Terror  tells a powerful, true-to-life tale of power, money, deception, and deadly  consequences.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scholarly Resources, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021979566320,"sku":"9780842026505","price":66.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780842026505_p0.gif?v=1763833417","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780842026505","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}