Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 Tapa blanda -

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; <b>Stephen Kotkin</b> has a fair claim to be considered as the greatest living expert on Stalin. He is the author of the highly-praised <i>Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 </i>and <i>Magnetic Mountain:

Paperback / softback. New. A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 'A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard 'The second volume of what will surely rank as one of the greatest historical achievements of our age ... The War and Peace of history: a book you fear you will never finish, but just cannot put down' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Well before 1929, Stalin had achieved dictatorial power over the Soviet empire, but now he decided that the largest peasant economy in the world would be transformed into socialist modernity, whatever it took. What it took, and what Stalin managed to force through, transformed the country and its ruler in profound and enduring ways. Rather than a tale of a deformed or paranoid personality creating a political system, this is a story of a political system shaping a personality. Building and running a dictatorship, with power of life or death over hundreds of… Leer más

Penguin, 2018. Paperback. New. 1184 pages. 7.72x5.04x2.20 inches.

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