Stalin a biography

By:

Service, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2005Description: xviii, 715 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780330518376

Subject(s):

Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953

DDC classification:

947.084SER

Summary: Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, this is the first full-scale biography of the Soviet dictator in twenty years.

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Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, this is the first full-scale biography of the Soviet dictator in twenty years.

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