Stalin's Last Crime：The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948-1953

Anewinvestigation,basedonpreviouslyunseenKGBdocuments,revealsthestartlingtruthbehindStalin'slastgreatconspiracy.OnJanuary13,1953,astunnedworldlearnedthatavastconspiracyhadbeenunmaskedamongJewishdoctorsintheUSSRtomurderKremlinleaders.Massarrestsquicklyfollowed.TheDoctors'Plot,asthisallegedschemecametobecalled,wasStalin'slastcrime.InthefiftyyearssinceStalin'sdeathmanymythshavegrownupabouttheDoctors'Plot.DidStalinhimselfinventtheconspiracyagainsttheJewishdoctorsorwasitengineeredbysubordinateswhowishedtoeliminateKremlinrivals?DidStalinintendapurgeofallJewsfromMoscow,Leningrad,andothermajorcities,whichmightleadtoaSovietHolocaust?HowwasthisplotrelatedtothecoldwarthendividingEurope,andthehotwarinKorea?Finally,wastheDoctors'PlotconnectedwithStalin'sfortuitousdeath?BrentandNaumovhaveexploredanastoundingarraofpreviouslyunknown,top-secretdocumentsfromtheKGB,thepresidentialarchives,andotherstateandpartyarchivesinordertoprobethemechanismofonofStalin'sgreatestintrigues--andtotellforthefirsttimetheincrediblefullstoryoftheDoctors'Plot.