| Description |
xvii, 1154 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Volume 2. Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 : Part 1: Equal to the Myth -- Triumph of the Will -- Apocalypse -- Victory -- Terroism -- A Great Power -- Part II: Terrorism as Statecraft -- On a Bluff -- Enemies Hunting Enemies -- "What went on in No. 1's Brain?" -- Missing Piece -- Part III: Three-Card Monte -- Hammer -- Pact -- Smashed Pig -- Greed -- Fear -- Coda: Little Corner, Saturday, June 21, 1941 |
| Summary |
In 1929, Joseph Stalin, having already achieved dictatorial power over the vast Soviet Empire, formally ordered the systematic conversion of the world’s largest peasant economy into “socialist modernity,” otherwise known as collectivization, regardless of the cost. What it cost, and what Stalin ruthlessly enacted, transformed the country and its ruler in profound and enduring ways. Building and running a dictatorship, with life and death power over hundreds of millions, made Stalin into the uncanny figure he became. Stephen Kotkin’s Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941 is the story of how a political system forged an unparalleled personality and vice versa. |
| Subject |
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Psychology.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
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Dictators -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Political culture -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953.
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| ISBN |
9781594203800 (volume 2 hardcover) |
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1594203806 (volume 2 hardcover) |
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