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Joseph Stalin
Chronicles the youth, rise to power, and dictatorial reign of the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin.
Joseph Stalin
This book describes the life of Joseph Stalin, who was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953.
Joseph Stalin
Describes how Stalin's qualities of ruthlessness and cunning led him from an obscure Russian village to leadership and control of the Soviet Union from the 1920's until his death in 1953.
Stalin's Library
A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library "[A] fascinating new study."--Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words, and his voracious appetite for reading guided him throughout his years. A biography as well as an intellectual portrait, this book explores all aspects of Stalin's tumultuous life and politics. Stalin, an avid reader from an early age, amassed a surprisingly diverse personal collection of thousands of books, many of which he marked and annotated, revealing his intimate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Based on his wide-ranging research in Russian archives, Roberts tells the story of the creation, fragmentation, and resurrection of Stalin's personal library. As a true believer in communist ideology, Stalin was a fanatical idealist who hated his enemies--the bourgeoisie, kulaks, capitalists, imperialists, reactionaries, counter-revolutionaries, traitors--but detested their ideas even more.
The Secret File of Joseph Stalin
This account of Stalin's life begins with his early years, the family breakup caused by the suspicion that the boy was the result of an adulterous affair, the abuse by his father and the growth of the traumatized boy into criminal, spy, and finally one of the 20th century's political monsters.
Joseph Stalin
Chronicles the youth, rise to power, and dictatorial reign of the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin.
Stalin and Stalinism
Examination of Stalin's ambiguous personal and political legacy, his achievements and his crimes - all now under intense scrutiny and reappraisal throughout the USSR and Eastern Europe.
Stalin
From the author of The Last Tsar, the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has fully obtained: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin was a man for whom power was all, terror a useful weapon, and deceit a constant companion. As Radzinsky narrates the high drama of Stalin's epic quest for domination-first within the Communist Party, then over the Soviet Union and the world-he uncovers the startling truth about this most enigmatic of historical figures. Only now, in the post-Soviet era...
Joseph Stalin
To get to the top, Joseph Stalin outmaneuvered Lenin, Trotsky, Kirov, and a legion of equally ruthless revolutionaries. This accessible and easy to read reference work reveals the more personal side of the Machiavellian mastermind, who not only orchestrated the Great Terror but also forged the USSR into a world power. Joseph Stalin: A Biographical Companion offers balanced coverage and makes use of new information from Soviet archives, while at the same time avoids mind-numbing communist jargon and terminology. Also included are scores of rare illustrations, some never before published in the West.
Armed Insurrection and our Tactics
A new translation from the original Russian manuscript with a new afterword by the translator and a timeline of Stalin's life and works. "Armed Insurrection and our Tactics" was published in 1905, at a time when Russia was undergoing major uprisings. Here Stalin dissects the mechanics of armed insurrection and advocates for genocide. This piece foreshadows tactics that would be used during the October Revolution of 1917, which would kill tens of thousands of innocents and lead to Stalin's dictatorship.
