| Description |
xxi,519 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimile, map, portraits ; 23cm |
| Contents |
1. Russian prologue -- 2. Lenin as revolutionary hero -- 3. Koba: the formative years -- 4. Djugashvili as Stalin -- 5. Becoming a Bolshevik leader -- 6. A revolutionary in power -- 7. Conflict with Lenin -- 8. Power and the Lenin succession -- 9. The politics of revolutionary biography -- 10. Socialism in one country -- 11. The emergence of Stalinism -- 12. The decisive trifle -- 13. The new hero -- 14. The ambiguous outcome |
| Summary |
Stalin was one of history's great tyrants, yet in spite of all the revelations about him and his time, he has remained a profoundly enigmatic figure. Now, in this fascinating study, Robert Tucker focuses on the personality of this most secretive of modern dictators, against the background of the revolutionary movement that he joined in his youth |
| Analysis |
Soviet Union Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich, to 1929 |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York: Norton, 1973 |
| Bibliography |
Bibl.: pages 494-504. - Index |
| Subject |
Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
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Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
73006541 |
| ISBN |
0701120541 |
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