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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Writing the Stalin era Writing the Stalin era Golfo Alexopoulos,Kiril Tomoff,Julie Hessler "This book weaves together elements of biography, historiography, and historical writing to explore the writings and legacy of Sheila Fitzpatrick, the University of Chicago's eminent scholar of Sovie… OL16938544W
Behind the Facade of Stalin's Command Economy Behind the Facade of Stalin's Command Economy Paul R. Gregory "The opening of the once secret Soviet state and party archives in the early 1990s was an event of profound significance. Western scholars gained access to the same documents as had Soviet leaders, p… OL1965876W
The last days of Stalin The last days of Stalin Joshua Rubenstein "Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected U.S. … OL19668609W
The year I was Peter the Great The year I was Peter the Great Marvin L. Kalb The year 1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called "the year of the thaw"--a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that… OL19724340W
Stalin Stalin Stephen Kotkin "A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world. It has the quality of myth: a poor cobbler's son, a seminarian from an oppressed outer province of the Russ… OL19990022W
The concept of neutrality in Stalin's foreign policy, 1945-1953 The concept of neutrality in Stalin's foreign policy, 1945-1953 Peter Ruggenthaler "Drawing on recently declassified Soviet archival sources, this book sheds new light on how the division of Europe came about in the aftermath of World War II. The book contravenes the notion that a … OL20015725W
The big three The big three Robin Edmonds Examines the three leaders, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who were tempered in peacetime by personal and political adversity for their wartime rules. OL2952173W
Un autre regard sur Staline Un autre regard sur Staline Ludo Martens «Ma com'è possibile difendere un uomo come Stalin?» «Come potremmo non sostenere Stalin, colui che ha costruito il socialismo, colui che ha sconfitto il nazismo, colui che ha incarnato tutte le nost… OL3047844W
Stalin's war Stalin's war Edwin Palmer Hoyt "Stalin involved himself in every aspect of the war effort, including its smallest details, and Stalin's War is the first book to examine the Nazi invasion from the perspective of the Soviet premier … OL448545W
Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler Robert Gellately A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945--from the Russian Revolution through the Second World War.In Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, a… OL4790513W
Young Stalin Young Stalin Simon Sebag-Montefiore The shadowy journey from obscurity to power of the Georgian cobbler's son who became the Red Tsar--the man who, along with Hitler, remains the modern personification of evil: a merciless psychopath w… OL6032312W
Cold peace Cold peace Yoram Gorlizki Following his country's victory over Nazi Germany, Joseph Stalin was widely hailed as a great wartime leader and international statesman. Unchallenged on the domestic front, he headed one of the most… OL6034129W
The forsaken The forsaken Tim Tzouliadis The story of a little-known group of émigrés, Americans who went to Russia during the 1930s in the hope that the Communist promise of a better life was a reality--only to find xenophobia, paranoia an… OL9936234W