Chronicles the youth, rise to power, and dictatorial reign of the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin.
Presents the life and accomplishments of the dictator of the Soviet Union who used his power to terrorize and murder fellow Soviets and to promote communism throughout the world.
Chronicles the youth, rise to power, and dictatorial reign of the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin.
Man of Steel is the story of Joseph Stalin, the man who rose to become absolute master of Soviet Russia and who cast his shadow over the entire globe.
Perestroika and glasnost have unleashed unprecedented criticism of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, and the terrible legacy of his regime has been acknowledged by Mikhail Gorbachev.
A biography of the Soviet dictator, who, under the guise of communism and reform of a discontented society, was responsible for the murder of fifty million people and incalculable suffering by his countrymen.
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 ...
Stephen Kotkin’s Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941 is the story of how a political system forged an unparalleled personality and vice versa.
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482 pages of excellent text, with many great black and white photos. This major biography encompasses more than the life of one man. It is an equally compelling study of...
Joseph Stalin was one of the most frightening figures of the twentieth century.