ISBN10: 1585675024, ISBN13: 9781585675029, [publisher: Woodstock & NY. 2004. Overlook Press] Hardcover First Edition black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. remainder copy in fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. black ink dot on bottom edge, other edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean remainder copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). 335p. notes. glossary. index. biography. russian history. soviet union. world war ii. atomic gulag. military history. lysenko. bukharin. ~ Providing the best and most informative explanation to date of the mystery of Joseph Stalin's death, renowned historians Roy and Zhores Medvedev have written a gripping new biography of Stalin, based on findings from research into archives only recently made available, as well as the brothers' own experiences during and after Stalin's brutal regime. The result of nearly forty years of study, The Unknown Stalin takes a central place in the canon of Soviet historiography published since Stalin's death in 1953, contradicting and disproving conventional beliefs and cllches, correcting inaccuracies and misconceptions, and fully examining the facts concerning the dictator's intellect, ancestry, and what happened to the fortunes of his personal ...
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