Stalin. Volume 1, Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

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Call Number: 921 Stalin, Joseph, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / Political Figures / Stalin, Joseph
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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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I look forward to the second volume submitted by topraks on June 5, 2015, 7:33pm One of the most scholarly work that I have read about Stalin. Neither demonizes nor praises the Soviet leader. This is only the first of three volumes.

When you kill 20 million of your own people, for no reason, there is no need for authors to 'demonize' you. submitted by Tassos on March 13, 2019, 1:49pm When you kill 20 million of your own people, for no reason, there is no need for authors to 'demonize' you.

I have reserved the first two volumes and will soon read them. When I do, I will return with comments. I have read plenty of other books on this paranoid, Evil Monster.