Stalin, Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, Stephen Kotkin, v. 1
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Stalin, Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, Stephen Kotkin, v. 1
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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individual biography
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Stalin
Nature of contents
bibliography
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893977357
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Stephen Kotkin
Sub title
Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
Summary
In this magnificent new 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 demonstrates the impossibility of understanding Stalin's momentous decisions outside of the context of the tragic history of imperial Russia
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