The Resource Stalin : a biography, Robert Service
Stalin : a biography, Robert Service
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- Summary
- "Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, this is the first full-scale biography of the Soviet dictator in twenty years." "Service describes in unprecedented detail the first half of Stalin's life - his childhood in Georgia as the son of a violent, drunkard father and a devoted mother; his education and religious training; and his political activity as a young revolutionary. No mere messenger for Lenin, Stalin was a prominent activist long before the Russian Revolution. Equally compelling is the depiction of Stalin as Soviet leader. Service recasts the image of Stalin as unimpeded despot; his control was not limitless. And his conviction that enemies surrounded him was not entirely unfounded." "Stalin was not just a vengeful dictator but also a man fascinated by ideas and a voracious reader of Marxist doctrine and Russian and Georgian literature as well as an internationalist committed to seeing Russia assume a powerful role on the world stage. In examining the multidimensional legacy of Stalin, Service helps explain why later would-be reformers - such as Khrushchev and Gorbachev - found the Stalinist legacy surprisingly hard to dislodge."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 715 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- The revolutionary
- Stalin as we have know him
- The family Dzhughashvili
- The schooling of a priest
- Poet and rebel
- Marxist militant
- The party and the Caucasus
- On the run
- At the centre of the party
- Koba and Bolshevism
- Osip of Siberia
- Return to Petrograd
- Leader for the party
- The year 1917
- October
- People's Commissar
- To the front!
- The Polish corridor
- With Lenin
- Nation and revolution
- Testament
- The opportunities of struggle
- Joseph and Nadya
- Factionalist against factions
- Despot
- Ending the NEP
- Terror-economics
- Ascent to supremacy
- The death of Nadya
- Modernity's sorcerer
- Fears in victory
- Ruling the nations
- Mind of terror
- The great terrorist
- The cult of impersonality
- Brutal reprieve
- Warlord
- The world in sight
- Approaches to war
- The devils SUP
- Barbarossa
- Fighting on
- Sleeping on the divan
- To the death!
- Supreme commander
- The big three
- Last campaigns
- Victory!
- The imperator
- Delivering the blow
- The outbreak of the cold war
- Subjugating Eastern Europe
- Stalinist rulership
- Policies and purges
- Emperor worship
- Dangerous liaisons
- Vozhd and intellectual
- Ailing despot
- Death and embalming
- After Stalin
- Isbn
- 9780674016972
- Label
- Stalin : a biography
- Title
- Stalin
- Title remainder
- a biography
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Service
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, this is the first full-scale biography of the Soviet dictator in twenty years." "Service describes in unprecedented detail the first half of Stalin's life - his childhood in Georgia as the son of a violent, drunkard father and a devoted mother; his education and religious training; and his political activity as a young revolutionary. No mere messenger for Lenin, Stalin was a prominent activist long before the Russian Revolution. Equally compelling is the depiction of Stalin as Soviet leader. Service recasts the image of Stalin as unimpeded despot; his control was not limitless. And his conviction that enemies surrounded him was not entirely unfounded." "Stalin was not just a vengeful dictator but also a man fascinated by ideas and a voracious reader of Marxist doctrine and Russian and Georgian literature as well as an internationalist committed to seeing Russia assume a powerful role on the world stage. In examining the multidimensional legacy of Stalin, Service helps explain why later would-be reformers - such as Khrushchev and Gorbachev - found the Stalinist legacy surprisingly hard to dislodge."--Jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Service, Robert
- Dewey number
-
- 947.084/1/092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DK268.S8
- LC item number
- S4237 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Heads of state
- Stalin, Joseph
- Soviet Union
- Label
- Stalin : a biography, Robert Service
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [661]-680) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The revolutionary -- Stalin as we have know him -- The family Dzhughashvili -- The schooling of a priest -- Poet and rebel -- Marxist militant -- The party and the Caucasus -- On the run -- At the centre of the party -- Koba and Bolshevism -- Osip of Siberia -- Return to Petrograd -- Leader for the party -- The year 1917 -- October -- People's Commissar -- To the front! -- The Polish corridor -- With Lenin -- Nation and revolution -- Testament -- The opportunities of struggle -- Joseph and Nadya -- Factionalist against factions -- Despot -- Ending the NEP -- Terror-economics -- Ascent to supremacy -- The death of Nadya -- Modernity's sorcerer -- Fears in victory -- Ruling the nations -- Mind of terror -- The great terrorist -- The cult of impersonality -- Brutal reprieve -- Warlord -- The world in sight -- Approaches to war -- The devils SUP -- Barbarossa -- Fighting on -- Sleeping on the divan -- To the death! -- Supreme commander -- The big three -- Last campaigns -- Victory! -- The imperator -- Delivering the blow -- The outbreak of the cold war -- Subjugating Eastern Europe -- Stalinist rulership -- Policies and purges -- Emperor worship -- Dangerous liaisons -- Vozhd and intellectual -- Ailing despot -- Death and embalming -- After Stalin
- Control code
- 57001809
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 715 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780674016972
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061115
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Stalin : a biography, Robert Service
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [661]-680) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The revolutionary -- Stalin as we have know him -- The family Dzhughashvili -- The schooling of a priest -- Poet and rebel -- Marxist militant -- The party and the Caucasus -- On the run -- At the centre of the party -- Koba and Bolshevism -- Osip of Siberia -- Return to Petrograd -- Leader for the party -- The year 1917 -- October -- People's Commissar -- To the front! -- The Polish corridor -- With Lenin -- Nation and revolution -- Testament -- The opportunities of struggle -- Joseph and Nadya -- Factionalist against factions -- Despot -- Ending the NEP -- Terror-economics -- Ascent to supremacy -- The death of Nadya -- Modernity's sorcerer -- Fears in victory -- Ruling the nations -- Mind of terror -- The great terrorist -- The cult of impersonality -- Brutal reprieve -- Warlord -- The world in sight -- Approaches to war -- The devils SUP -- Barbarossa -- Fighting on -- Sleeping on the divan -- To the death! -- Supreme commander -- The big three -- Last campaigns -- Victory! -- The imperator -- Delivering the blow -- The outbreak of the cold war -- Subjugating Eastern Europe -- Stalinist rulership -- Policies and purges -- Emperor worship -- Dangerous liaisons -- Vozhd and intellectual -- Ailing despot -- Death and embalming -- After Stalin
- Control code
- 57001809
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 715 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780674016972
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061115
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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