Stalin: Revolutionary in an Era of War

by Kevin McDermott

Stalin's massive impact on Soviet history is often explained in terms of his inherent evil, personality defects and power lust. While not rejecting these notions, Kevin McDermott argues that Stalin's thoughts and actions are best contextualised in the inter-relationship between war and revolution in the first half of the twentieth century. The author presents the case for taking the Soviet dictator seriously as a Marxist revolutionary whose fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033371122X
• ISBN13: 9780333711224
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"