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Robert C. Tucker

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Born: May 28 1918

Died: 2828 07 20102010

A scholar of Marxism and the Soviet Union, Robert Tucker studied at Harvard University. While working on a doctorate in philosophy, he spent two years as a translator for the United States Embassy in Moscow, where he met his wife Evgeniya Pestretsova. His inability to gain an exit visa for her when he returned to the United States in 1946, which proved a key experience in stimulating his studies.

After completing his dissertation, Tucker worked for the RAND Corporation and taught at Indiana University. He wrote a number of books about Marxism and Stalinism, most notably a two-volume biography of Josef Stalin which adopted a psychological interpretation to explain how Stalin gained and used power.

Robert C. Tucker

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: May 28 1918

Died: 2828 07 20102010

A scholar of Marxism and the Soviet Union, Robert Tucker studied at Harvard University. While working on a doctorate in philosophy, he spent two years as a translator for the United States Embassy in Moscow, where he met his wife Evgeniya Pestretsova. His inability to gain an exit visa for her when he returned to the United States in 1946, which proved a key experience in stimulating his studies.

After completing his dissertation, Tucker worked for the RAND Corporation and taught at Indiana University. He wrote a number of books about Marxism and Stalinism, most notably a two-volume biography of Josef Stalin which adopted a psychological interpretation to explain how Stalin gained and used power.

Books from Robert C. Tucker

The Marx-Engels Reader

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Stalin in Power: The Russian Revolution From Above, 1928-1941

Stalin as Revolutionary: A Study in History and Personality, 1879-1929

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The Marxian Revolutionary Idea

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Philosophy and Myth in Karl Marx

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Stalinism: Essays in Historical Interpretation

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The Russian Tragedy: The Burden of History: The Burden of History

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Politics as Leadership: Revised Edition

The Atlantic Alliance And Its Critics

The Soviet Political Mind: Studies in Stalinism and Post-Stalin Change (Praeger)

The Soviet Political Mind: Stalinism And Post Stalin Change