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Stalin : a biography / Robert Service.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Pan Books, 2004.Description: xviii, 715 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780330518376
  • 0330518372
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947.0842092
LOC classification:
  • 338 DK 268 S782S 2004
Contents:
Preface ix A Note on Renderings xii Maps xiii ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY 1. STALIN AS WE HAVE KNOWN HIM 3 (10) 2. THE FAMILY DZHUGHASHVILI 13 (10) 3. THE SCHOOLING OF A PRIEST 23 (9) 4. POET AND REBEL 32 (11) 5. MARXIST MILITANT 43 (13) 6. THE PARTY AND THE CAUCASUS 56 (12) 7. ON THE RUN 68 (13) 8. AT THE CENTRE OF THE PARTY 81 (11) 9. KOBA AND BOLSHEVISM 92 (10) 10. OSIP OF SIBERIA 102 (11) 11. RETURN TO PETROGRAD 113 (14) TWO: LEADER FOR THE PARTY 12. THE YEAR 1917 127 (13) 13. OCTOBER 140 (10) 14. PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR 150 (13) 15. TO THE FRONT! 163 (12) 16. THE POLISH CORRIDOR 175 (11) 17. WITH LENIN 186 (11) 18. NATION AND REVOLUTION 197 (11) 19. TESTAMENT 208 (11) 20. THE OPPORTUNITIES OF STRUGGLE 219 (11) 21. JOSEPH AND NADYA 230 (10) 22. FACTIONALIST AGAINST FACTIONS 240 (13) THREE: DESPOT 23. ENDING THE NEP 253 (12) 24. TERROR-ECONOMICS 265 (13) 25. ASCENT TO SUPREMACY 278 (11) 26. THE DEATH OF NADYA 289 (10) 27. MODERNITY'S SORCERER 299 (11) 28. FEARS IN VICTORY 310 (13) 29. RULING THE NATIONS 323 (13) 30. MIND OF TERROR 336 (10) 31. THE GREAT TERRORIST 346 (11) 32. THE CULT OF IMPERSONALITY 357 (10) 33. BRUTAL REPRIEVE 367 (12) FOUR: WARLORD 34. THE WORLD IN SIGHT 379 (11) 35. APPROACHES TO WAR 390 (9) 36. THE DEVILS SUP 399 (11) 37. BARBAROSSA 410 (10) 38. FIGHTING ON 420 (10) 39. SLEEPING ON THE DIVAN 430 (9) 40. TO THE DEATH! 439 (10) 41. SUPREME COMMANDER 449 (10) 42. THE BIG THREE 459 (10) 43. LAST CAMPAIGNS 469 (9) 44. VICTORY! 478 (13) FIVE: THE IMPERATOR 45. DELIVERING THE BLOW 491 (10) 46. THE OUTBREAK OF THE COLD WAR 501 (10) 47. SUBJUGATING EASTERN EUROPE 511 (10) 48. STALINIST RULERSHIP 521 (10) 49. POLICIES AND PURGES 531 (10) 50. EMPEROR WORSHIP 541 (10) 51. DANGEROUS LIAISONS 551 (9) 52. VOZHD AND INTELLECTUAL 560 (11) 53. AILING DESPOT 571 (10) 54. DEATH AND EMBALMING 581 (10) 55. AFTER STALIN 591 (14) Glossary 605 (3) Notes 608 (53) Select Bibliography 661 (20) Index 681
Summary: Service brings 30 years of involvement with Russia and its history to bear on this most controversial and enigmatic of figures. The events of the October Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Terror and, above all, World War II, more open to examination than ever before, are probed to explain the nature of Stalin's personality.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [661]-680) and index.

Preface ix
A Note on Renderings xii
Maps xiii
ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY
1. STALIN AS WE HAVE KNOWN HIM
3 (10)
2. THE FAMILY DZHUGHASHVILI
13 (10)
3. THE SCHOOLING OF A PRIEST
23 (9)
4. POET AND REBEL
32 (11)
5. MARXIST MILITANT
43 (13)
6. THE PARTY AND THE CAUCASUS
56 (12)
7. ON THE RUN
68 (13)
8. AT THE CENTRE OF THE PARTY
81 (11)
9. KOBA AND BOLSHEVISM
92 (10)
10. OSIP OF SIBERIA
102 (11)
11. RETURN TO PETROGRAD
113 (14)
TWO: LEADER FOR THE PARTY
12. THE YEAR 1917
127 (13)
13. OCTOBER
140 (10)
14. PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR
150 (13)
15. TO THE FRONT!
163 (12)
16. THE POLISH CORRIDOR
175 (11)
17. WITH LENIN
186 (11)
18. NATION AND REVOLUTION
197 (11)
19. TESTAMENT
208 (11)
20. THE OPPORTUNITIES OF STRUGGLE
219 (11)
21. JOSEPH AND NADYA
230 (10)
22. FACTIONALIST AGAINST FACTIONS
240 (13)
THREE: DESPOT
23. ENDING THE NEP
253 (12)
24. TERROR-ECONOMICS
265 (13)
25. ASCENT TO SUPREMACY
278 (11)
26. THE DEATH OF NADYA
289 (10)
27. MODERNITY'S SORCERER
299 (11)
28. FEARS IN VICTORY
310 (13)
29. RULING THE NATIONS
323 (13)
30. MIND OF TERROR
336 (10)
31. THE GREAT TERRORIST
346 (11)
32. THE CULT OF IMPERSONALITY
357 (10)
33. BRUTAL REPRIEVE
367 (12)
FOUR: WARLORD
34. THE WORLD IN SIGHT
379 (11)
35. APPROACHES TO WAR
390 (9)
36. THE DEVILS SUP
399 (11)
37. BARBAROSSA
410 (10)
38. FIGHTING ON
420 (10)
39. SLEEPING ON THE DIVAN
430 (9)
40. TO THE DEATH!
439 (10)
41. SUPREME COMMANDER
449 (10)
42. THE BIG THREE
459 (10)
43. LAST CAMPAIGNS
469 (9)
44. VICTORY!
478 (13)
FIVE: THE IMPERATOR
45. DELIVERING THE BLOW
491 (10)
46. THE OUTBREAK OF THE COLD WAR
501 (10)
47. SUBJUGATING EASTERN EUROPE
511 (10)
48. STALINIST RULERSHIP
521 (10)
49. POLICIES AND PURGES
531 (10)
50. EMPEROR WORSHIP
541 (10)
51. DANGEROUS LIAISONS
551 (9)
52. VOZHD AND INTELLECTUAL
560 (11)
53. AILING DESPOT
571 (10)
54. DEATH AND EMBALMING
581 (10)
55. AFTER STALIN
591 (14)
Glossary 605 (3)
Notes 608 (53)
Select Bibliography 661 (20)
Index 681

Service brings 30 years of involvement with Russia and its history to bear on this most controversial and enigmatic of figures. The events of the October Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Terror and, above all, World War II, more open to examination than ever before, are probed to explain the nature of Stalin's personality.

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