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| Publisher | Belknap Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9780674022584 |
| ISBN 10 | 674022580 |
| Book Subtitle | A Biography |
| Editorial Review | Here is a life-and-times biography in the grand style: deeply researched, well written, brimming with interpretations. Oxford historian Service, author of an acclaimed biography of Lenin, provides the most complete portrait available of the Soviet ruler, from his early, troubled years in a small town in Georgia to the pinnacle of power in the Kremlin. Most previous biographers have depicted Stalin as a plodding figure whose only distinguishing characteristic was brutality. But Service describes a man who was intelligent and hardworking, who learned from experience and who played an important role in the Russian revolutionary movement...By providing such a rich and complex portrait of the dictator and the Soviet system, Service humanizes Stalin without ever diminishing the extent of the atrocities he unleashed upon the Soviet population. (Publishers Weekly 2005-02-21) For an understanding of Stalin the man, the leader, the Georgian, the Russian nationalist, the revolutionary, the party politician, the mass murderer and the international statesman, and his place in modern Russian history--Robert Service's book is unsurpassed. (Harold Shukman, author of Stalin's Generals) [A] profound and readable assessment of the Soviet dictator…. Service paints a picture of a ruthless man absorbed in the pursuit of politics, widely read, perceptive, cunning and, despite a self-effacing and isolated persona, the stuff of leadership. (Richard Overy, The Mail on Sunday) |
| About the Author | Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and Professor of Russian History at Oxford University. |
| Language | English |
| Parental Rating | 1 - 5 Years |
| Format | Paperback |
| Author | Robert Service |
| Publication Date | 31/10/2006 |
| Number of Pages | 736 |
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