ISBN10: 1576070840, ISBN13: 9781576070840, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Santa Barbara] Softcover Paperback. To get to the top, Joseph Stalin outmaneuvered Lenin, Trotsky, Kirov, and a legion of equally ruthless revolutionaries. This accessible and easy to read reference work reveals the more personal side of the Machiavellian mastermind, who not only orchestrated the Great Terror but also forged the USSR into a world power.Joseph Stalin: A Biographical Companion offers balanced coverage and makes use of new information from Soviet archives, while at the same time avoids mind-numbing communist jargon and terminology. Also included are scores of rare illustrations, some never before published in the West. This biographical companion covers Stalin's life and political career from 1879 to 1953; in particular it describes the more personal side of the man who orchestrated the Great Terror of the 1930s and constructed the Soviet monolith. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]