| Stalin: Breaker of Nations Contributor(s): Conquest, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140169539 ISBN-13: 9780140169539 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: A leading scholar-historian of the U.S.S.R. offers a penetrating look at one of the most enigmatic and terrifying figures of modern times. Distilling a lifetime's study, Conquest provides a powerful, living portrait of Josef Stalin as child and student, revolutionary and Communist theoretician, political animal and paranoid leader. "A brisk, informative synthesis".--The Wall Street Journal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.07" W x 7.77" (0.58 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded--even after his death. In this book, the first to draw from recently released archives, Robert Conquest gives us Stalin as a child and student; as a revolutionary and communist theoretician; as a political animal skilled in amassing power and absolutely ruthless in maintaining it. He presents the landmarks of Stalin's rule: the class with Lenin; collectivization; the Great Terror; the Nazi-Soviet pact and the Nazi-Soviet war; the anti-Semitic campaign that preceded his death; and the legacy he left behind. Distilling a lifetime's study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure. "Thoughtful and thorough and shot through with insight."--The Washington Post Book World "Definitive . . . a magnificent, even poetic, act of historical retribution."--The New Leader "Brilliant . . . this book probably is the most cogent and readable account of Stalin's life yet published."--The San Diego Union |