Stalin

Stalin

by Kotkin, Stephen

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In his biography of Stalin, Kotkin rejects the inherited wisdom about Stalin's psychological makeup, showing us instead how Stalin's near paranoia was fundamentally political and closely tracks the Bolshevik revolution's structural paranoia, the predicament of a Communist regime in an overwhelmingly capitalist world, surrounded and penetrated by enemies. At the same time, Kotkin posits the impossibility of understanding Stalin's momentous decisions outside of the context of the history of imper…

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  • Full title :Stalin. / Stephen Kotkin.

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In his biography of Stalin, Kotkin rejects the inherited wisdom about Stalin's psychological makeup, showing us instead how Stalin's near paranoia was fundamentally political and closely tracks the Bolshevik revolution's structural paranoia, the predicament of a Communist regime in an overwhelmingly capitalist world, surrounded and penetrated by enemies. At the same time, Kotkin posits the impossibility of understanding Stalin's momentous decisions outside of the context of the history of imperial Russia.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Penguin Press
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

  • Description:xiii, 949 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781594203794, 1594203792, 9780143127864, 0143127861
  • oclc:on1149175526

Table of Contents

Part I. Double-headed eagle -- An imperial son -- Lado's disciple -- Tsarism's most dangerous enemy -- Constitutional autocracy -- Part II. Durnovó's revolutionary war -- Stupidity or treason? -- Kalmyk savior -- 1918: Dada and Lenin -- Class war and a party-state -- Voyages of discovery -- Part III. Collision -- Dictator -- "Remove Stalin" -- Faithful pupil -- Triumphant debacle -- A trip to Siberia -- Coda: If Stalin had died.

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Subjects

Biographies Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents… Chefs d'État -- Biographies -- URSS dictators Dictators -- Biography. -- Soviet Union Heads of state Heads of state -- Biography -- Soviet U… Historical History HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former … Nonfiction Political Political culture Political culture -- History. -- Soviet… Politics and government Psychology Soviet Union Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 Soviet Union -- Politics and government…

Writers

Kotkin, Stephen Kotkin, Stephen

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