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Stalin: Breaker of Nations Paperback - 1992

by Robert Conquest

A leading scholar-historian of the U.S.S.R. offers a penetrating look at one of the most enigmatic and terrifying figures of modern times. Distilling a lifetime's study, Conquest provides a powerful, living portrait of Josef Stalin as child and student, revolutionary and Communist theoretician, political animal and paranoid leader. "A brisk, informative synthesis".--The Wall Street Journal.


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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 class 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. "Thoughtful and thorough and shot through with insight."--The Washington Post Book World

"Definitive . . . a magnificent, even poetic, act of historical retribution."--The New Leader

"Brilliant . . . this book probably is the most cogent and readable account of Stalin's life yet published."--The San Diego Union

First line

When Stalin was long established in Moscow as the ruler of a vast, largely Russian empire, his young son told his even younger daughter, 'You know, Papa used to be a Georgian once' The comment is true.

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  • Title Stalin: Breaker of Nations
  • Author Robert Conquest
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date November 1, 1992
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780140169539 / 0140169539
  • Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.77 x 5.07 x 0.75 in (19.74 x 12.88 x 1.91 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects Soviet Union - Politics and government, Stalin, Joseph
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 09/07/1992, Page 0

About the author

Robert Conquest was one of Britain's most respected historians and was an acclaimed novelist, poet, critic, and reviewer. He was the author of such works as the bestselling The Harvest of Sorrow and Stalin and the Kirov Murder.
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