| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 40 min.)) : digital. |
| Performer |
Read by Frederick Davidson. |
| Summary |
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 clash 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. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Statesmen -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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| Added Author |
Case, David.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781483063683 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1483063682 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10077747 |
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