Stalin From the Caucasus to the Kremlin Routledge Historical Biographies Series
Auteur : Read Christopher
This new biography of Stalin offers an accessible and up-to-date representation of one of the twentieth-century?s defining figures, as well as new insights, analysis and illumination to deepen our understanding of his actions, intentions and the nature of the power that he wielded.
Christopher Read examines Stalin?s contribution to and impact on Russian and world events in the first half of the twentieth century. The biography brings together the avalanche of sources and scholarship which followed the collapse of the system Stalin constructed, including the often neglected writings and speeches of Stalin himself. In addition to a detailed narrative and analysis of Stalin?s rule, chapters also cover his early years and humble beginnings in a small town at a remote outpost of the Russian Empire, his role in the revolution, his relationships with Lenin, Trotsky and others in the 1920s, and his rise to become one of the most powerful figures in human history. The book closes with an account of Stalin?s afterlife and legacy, both in the immediate aftermath of his death and in the decades since.
This concise account of Stalin?s life is the perfect introduction for students of modern Russian history.
Preface
Chronology
- From Djugashvili to Stalin
- The Grey Blur – Stalin in Revolution and Civil War
- Filling Lenin’s Shoes
- Storming Fortresses
- Nine Circles of Hell
- Stalin, the Soviet Union and the World in the 1930s
- The Tenth Circle of Hell: Invasion, Occupation, Victory - War without limits]
- World Stage, Final Act
- Stalin’s Afterlife – an Inconclusive Conclusion
Further Reading
Index
Christopher Read is Professor of Later Modern European History at the University of Warwick. His previous publications include Lenin: A Revolutionary Life (Routledge Historical Biographies, 2005) and War and Revolution in Russia: 1914–22 (2013).
Date de parution : 12-2016
12.9x19.8 cm
Date de parution : 12-2016
12.9x19.8 cm
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Mots-clés :
Young Men; Stalin; Tsar Alexander III; Soviet; International Monetary Fund; Soviet Union; Ekaterina Svanidze; Communism; Stalin’s Life; dictator; Chinese Communist Party; Russia; Merle Fainsod; Russian Revolution; Stalin’s Career; Lenin; Khalkin Gol; Trotsky; Young Stalin; Kremlin; Petrograd Soviet; Caucasus; Personal Elements; Russian Civil War; Stalinist Tyranny; World War Two; Khrushchev’s Critique; Totalitarian Thesis; Women Collective Farmers; Anti-fascist Side; Provisional Government; Murderous Hand; anti-Nazi War; Jochen Hellbeck; Grey Blur; China’s Nationalist; Direct Executions; Holocaust Denier