Stalin · the first in-depth biography based on explosive new documents from Russia's secret archives
- Authors
- Radzinskii, Edvard
- Publisher
- New York : Doubleday
- Tags
- history , joseph , 1879-1953 , stalin , biography , heads of state
- Date
- 1995-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.31 MB
- Lang
- en
Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-594) and index
Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky has broken down the iron curtain of myth, secrecy and lies that has surrounded Stalin's life and career, painting a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined.