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Nazis; Islamists; and the Making of the Modern Middle East

ePub Nazis; Islamists; and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Barry Rubin; Wolfgang G. Schwanitz in History

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The most authoritative and engrossing biography of the notorious dictator ever written Josef Stalin exercised supreme power in the Soviet Union from 1929 until his death in 1953. During that quarter-century; by Oleg Khlevniuk’s estimate; he caused the imprisonment and execution of no fewer than a million Soviet citizens per year. Millions more were victims of famine directly resulting from Stalin's policies. What drove him toward such ruthlessness? This essential biography; by the author most deeply familiar with the vast archives of the Soviet era; offers an unprecedented; fine-grained portrait of Stalin the man and dictator. Without mythologizing Stalin as either benevolent or an evil genius; Khlevniuk resolves numerous controversies about specific events in the dictator’s life while assembling many hundreds of previously unknown letters; memos; reports; and diaries into a comprehensive; compelling narrative of a life that altered the course of world history. In brief; revealing prologues to each chapter; Khlevniuk takes his reader into Stalin’s favorite dacha; where the innermost circle of Soviet leadership gathered as their vozhd lay dying. Chronological chapters then illuminate major themes: Stalin’s childhood; his involvement in the Revolution and the early Bolshevik government under Lenin; his assumption of undivided power and mandate for industrialization and collectivization; the Terror; World War II; and the postwar period. At the book’s conclusion; the author presents a cogent warning against nostalgia for the Stalinist era.


#771998 in Books 2014-02-25Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.00 x 6.12l; 1.44 #File Name: 0300140908360 pages


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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Morris BenjaminReceived in good condition8 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Our world us on fire from the embers of WWI and WWIIBy Joe Q Publicthe part we weren't taught in scholl about WWII. The co-conspirators in the Holocaust were the Muslim leadership of the day. The mufti of Jerusalem ; Ali al-Huasani; should have been captured and held accountable. Instead they were allowed to remain in power and their ideology festered over the decades and long story IT IS NOW resposible for the Islam criminal conspiracy we have today.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Janet Cline MoodyFascinating history of the alliances between Nazis and Islamists

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