Stalin

by Hiroaki Kuromiya

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582784794
• ISBN13: 9780582784796
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.5"