Stalin, Vol. II

Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941

Stephen Kotkin

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Penguin
29 October 2018

Biography: historical, political & military; History; Marxism & Communism; Political leaders & leadership; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship

Series: The Life of Stalin

One of the great works of modern history - the definitive biography of one of the world's most powerful and frightening rulers

Stalin's life is one of the most extraordinary of the modern era and Stephen Kotkin's new biography is the first to do full justice, both to the man himself and to the world which he both dominated and ruined.

This second volume is the story of the 'mature' dictator - a figure who had no precedent in ability to shape the USSR and its people. It is the great achievement of this book that it places Stalin both in the context of his day-to-day life in the Kremlin and in the far wider Communist world of which he was the apex.

The terror state, the industrial state and the ideological state were all brought together by Stalin and no account of the inter-war world will be complete now without Kotkin's book.

It ends when the 'waiting for Hitler' finally came to an end, transforming the nature of the threat faced by both Stalin and the whole society he had shaped.

By: Stephen Kotkin
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 847g
ISBN: 9780141027951
ISBN 10: 0141027959
Series: The Life of Stalin
Pages: 1184
Publication Date: 29 October 2018
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Kotkin has a fair claim to be considered as the greatest living expert on Stalin. He is the author of the highly-praised Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 and Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization and Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000. He is Professor of History at Princeton University.

Reviews for Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941

Original, engaging, with a sharp, irreverent wit [of volume one] -- Sheila Fitzpatrick * Guardian * Exhilarating, compelling, terrifying and utterly gripping... Stalin emerges from Kotkin's book as that most frightening of figures -- a man of absolute conviction. [of volume one] -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * New Statesman * Masterly, a riveting tale, written with pace and aplomb. [of volume one] * New York Times *