Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books

by Geoffrey Roberts

Book Overview

A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library

"[A] fascinating new study."--Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal

In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words, and his voracious appetite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300179049
• ISBN13: 9780300179040
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"