This profile looks at how Stalin; despite being regarded as intellectually inferior by his rivals; managed to rise to power and rule the largest country in the world; achievieving divine-like status as a dictator. Through recently uncovered research material and Stalin’s archives in Moscow; Kuromiya analyzes how and why Stalin was a rare; even unique; politician who literally lived by politics alone. He analyses how Stalin understood psychology campaigns well and how he used this understanding in his political reign and terror. Kuromiya provides a convincing; concise and up-to-date analysis of Stalin’s political life.
#2406596 in Books Lester L Grabbe 2011-12-29 2011-12-29Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 233.93 x .93 x 6.14l; 1.40 #File Name: 0567541193458 pagesA History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period Volume 2 The Coming of the Greeks The Early Hellenistic Period 335 175 BCE The Library of Second Temple Studies
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