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Stalin: Breaker of Nations

Robert Conquest

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Of all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded--even after his death.

In this book, the first to draw from recently released archives, Robert Conquest gives us Stalin as a child and student; as a revolutionary and communist theoretician; as a political animal skilled in amassing power and absolutely ruthless in maintaining it. He presents the landmarks of Stalin's rule: the class with Lenin; collectivization; the Great Terror; the Nazi-Soviet pact and the Nazi-Soviet war; the anti-Semitic campaign that preceded his death; and the legacy he left behind.

Distilling a lifetime's study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure.

"Thoughtful and thorough and shot through with insight."--The Washington Post Book World

"Definitive . . . a magnificent, even poetic, act of historical retribution."--The New Leader

"Brilliant . . . this book probably is the most cogent and readable account of Stalin's life yet published."--The San Diego Union

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: November 01, 1992

ISBN: 0140169539

ISBN 13: 9780140169539

Stalin: Breaker of Nations

Robert Conquest

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Of all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded--even after his death.

In this book, the first to draw from recently released archives, Robert Conquest gives us Stalin as a child and student; as a revolutionary and communist theoretician; as a political animal skilled in amassing power and absolutely ruthless in maintaining it. He presents the landmarks of Stalin's rule: the class with Lenin; collectivization; the Great Terror; the Nazi-Soviet pact and the Nazi-Soviet war; the anti-Semitic campaign that preceded his death; and the legacy he left behind.

Distilling a lifetime's study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure.

"Thoughtful and thorough and shot through with insight."--The Washington Post Book World

"Definitive . . . a magnificent, even poetic, act of historical retribution."--The New Leader

"Brilliant . . . this book probably is the most cogent and readable account of Stalin's life yet published."--The San Diego Union

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: November 01, 1992

ISBN: 0140169539

ISBN 13: 9780140169539

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