Joseph Stalin, 9781526702036
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Stalin: Monster, idol, enigma. How did terror become adoration?

Joseph Stalin

images of war

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  • Paperback

    110 pages

  • Release Date

    15 November 2017

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Summary

Joseph Stalin was a monster. He sacrificed his friends and allies in pursuit of power, murdered thousands with sadistic brutality to maintain it and callously obliterated millions more of his own people over a quarter century of his leadership. Yet almost as frightening as the horrendous crimes he committed is the idolatry that allowed this ogre to flourish. Just like fellow monster of the twentieth century Adolf Hitler, Stalin saw himself as a master of destiny, a role that to him excused th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781526702036
ISBN-10:1526702037
Author:Nigel Blundell, Maurice Crow
Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:Pen & Sword Military
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:110
Release Date:15 November 2017
Weight:364g
Dimensions:246mm x 189mm
Series:Images of War
About The Author

Nigel Blundell

Nigel Blundell is a journalist who has worked in Australia, the United States and Britain. He spent 25 years in Fleet Street before becoming an author and contributor to national newspapers. He has written more than 40 books, including best-sellers on crime and royalty. He and his partner Sue Blackhall, also an ex-Fleet Street writer, wrote the Top Ten expos Fall of the House of Windsor, which first revealed the so-called Squidgygate tape and the infidelity of both Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Their other factual subjects have included military history, celebrity scandals, and ghosts and the paranormal.

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