The Stalin Years: The Soviet Union, 1929-53, Second Edition
- ISBN-10
- 0719063779
- ISBN-13
- 9780719063770
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 159
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-09-06
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- Evan Mawdsley
Description
Looking at the entire Stalin era, this book contains chapters on ideology, politics, economic development, social change, nationalities, culture and external relations, and the Great Terror. An updated bibliography including a wealth of recent English-language work on the rule of Stalin is included.
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