Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

by Stephen Kotkin

Book Overview

A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world The product of a decade of intrepid research, Stalin is a landmark achievement. Stephen Kotkin offers a biography that, at long last, is equal to this shrewd, sociopathic, charismatic dictator in all his dimensions. We see a man inclined to despotism who could be utterly charming; a pragmatic ideologue; a leader who obsessed over slights yet was a precocious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143127861
• ISBN13: 9780143127864
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 976 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher