Stalin: Breaker of Nations
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (921 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140169539 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Photos. . From Publishers Weekly Drawing on a wealth of new material from the former Soviet Union, Conquest presents a chilling portrait of the Soviet dictator as a mass murderer. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc
He presents the landmarks of Stalin's rule: the clash 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.. 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 rev
"Five Stars" according to Judy Walker. Very informative. A comprehensive introduction to Stalin and Stalinism Raul Vasquez There have been many biographies written about Josef Stalin. Many recent biographies of Stalin such as "Stalin: The Court of the Red Czar" by Montefiore and "Stalin and his Hangmen: The Tyrant and those who killed for him" by Rayfield focus only on the sexual depravity and crimes of Stalin's followers respectively. A person should only read those . "Blueprint for the Destruction of Nations" according to Smith's Rock. If there was a contest the goal of which was to write a one word book review of Robert Conquest's Stalin: Breaker of Nations, I'd create an antonym of the computer programmers' well-used acronym GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). Stalin: Breaker of Nations, is QIQO: Quality In, Quality Out.A member of Stanford University's Hoover Institute, Conquest