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Beschreibung

The acclaimed biography of Joseph Stalin from Robert Service, world-leading expert in modern and Soviet era Russia.

'Outstanding . . . will be read for decades' - Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar


Spanning from childhood to death, Service chronicles every element of Stalin's life: his formative interactions in Georgia, his youthful revolutionary activism, his relationship with Lenin, with his family, and with his party members. Seen through Stalin's career, Service recounts some of the greatest events in modern history: the Russian Revolution, World War Two and the early years of the Cold War.

Thoroughly researched and balanced, this vivid biography moves beyond the often simplistic portrayals of Stalin as a dedicated bureaucrat or serial political killer, encompassing the multitude of political and personal factors that formed his character.

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material from previously unopened archives, Stalin: A Biography is a masterful, authoritative portrait of the Soviet Union's longest serving leader.

Discover more acclaimed biographies from Robert Service: Lenin and Trotsky.

The acclaimed biography of Joseph Stalin from Robert Service, world-leading expert in modern and Soviet era Russia.

'Outstanding . . . will be read for decades' - Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar


Spanning from childhood to death, Service chronicles every element of Stalin's life: his formative interactions in Georgia, his youthful revolutionary activism, his relationship with Lenin, with his family, and with his party members. Seen through Stalin's career, Service recounts some of the greatest events in modern history: the Russian Revolution, World War Two and the early years of the Cold War.

Thoroughly researched and balanced, this vivid biography moves beyond the often simplistic portrayals of Stalin as a dedicated bureaucrat or serial political killer, encompassing the multitude of political and personal factors that formed his character.

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material from previously unopened archives, Stalin: A Biography is a masterful, authoritative portrait of the Soviet Union's longest serving leader.

Discover more acclaimed biographies from Robert Service: Lenin and Trotsky.

Über den Autor
Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and of St Antony's College, Oxford. He has written several books, including the highly acclaimed Lenin: A Biography, Blood on the Snow, Stalin: A Biography and Comrades: A History of World Communism, as well as many other books on Russia's past and present. Trotsky: A Biography was awarded the Duff Cooper Prize. Married with four children, he lives in London.
Zusammenfassung
The highly acclaimed biography of the terrifying and fascinating Russian leader, Stalin, written by one of our greatest contemporary historians of Russia and author of the bestselling Trotsky, Lenin and Comrades.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780330518376
ISBN-10: 0330518372
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Service, Robert
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 130 x 53 mm
Von/Mit: Robert Service
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.04.2010
Gewicht: 0,621 kg
Artikel-ID: 101401973