This book is one of the theme texts in the Cambridge Perspectives in History series. Allan Todd provides a lucid and succinct account of the rise to power of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, and assesses the impact that they had on the states they governed. The European Dictatorshi…
Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened b…
Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened b…
"Hiroaki Kuromiya argues that the key to understanding Stalin lies in the fact that he lived solely for the purpose of shaping the body politic through the pursuit and exercise of power. Whatever private emotions Stalin had - whether affection, lust, hatred, or vindictiveness - …
"Hiroaki Kuromiya argues that the key to understanding Stalin lies in the fact that he lived solely for the purpose of shaping the body politic through the pursuit and exercise of power. Whatever private emotions Stalin had - whether affection, lust, hatred, or vindictiveness - …
"Hiroaki Kuromiya argues that the key to understanding Stalin lies in the fact that he lived solely for the purpose of shaping the body politic through the pursuit and exercise of power. Whatever private emotions Stalin had - whether affection, lust, hatred, or vindictiveness - …
"Hiroaki Kuromiya argues that the key to understanding Stalin lies in the fact that he lived solely for the purpose of shaping the body politic through the pursuit and exercise of power. Whatever private emotions Stalin had - whether affection, lust, hatred, or vindictiveness - …
"Stalin correctly foresaw that the Soviet Union needed to be seen as the 'victim of aggression' by German invaders in order to win valuable Western aid and consolidate on East-West war-fighting alliance. His insight and subsequent maneuvering led to one of Stalin's great achieve…
This book documents dictator Joseph Stalin's brilliant tactics as well as missteps in taking preemptive actions that guaranteed ultimate victory over the German invaders. It also covers the policies implemented after the war that made the Soviet Union a menace to world peace and…
