1879-1953

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1879-1953

A brotherhood of Tyrants

manic depression & absolute power
1994
Authors examine manic depression as one of the key factors in a political pathology such as tyranny.

Life and terror in Stalin's Russia, 1934-1941

1996
Analyzes the meaning and impact of the "Great Terror" that took place in the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, a period presided over by Stalin and characterized by the arrests and executions of people ranging from high Communist Party officials to ordinary citizens.

The dictators

Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia
2004
Offers a comparative history of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, describing the private and public lives of Hitler and Stalin, their ascents to power, the ways they dominated politics, culture, and economy, and each regime's lasting, violent legacy.

Stalin

1980
Briefly discusses the state-planned economic development, Stalin's rise to power, 5-year plans, the Great Terror, and the Great Patriotic War.

Bloodlands

Europe between Hitler and Stalin
2010
Examines the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes, describing how the killings were more widespread than many believed, and explores how those crimes influenced other events in modern history.

Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini

totalitarianism in the twentieth century
2009
Offers an interpretive comparison of the economics, propaganda, culture, education and healthcare systems of all three forms of European totalitarianism.

The crimes of Stalin

the murderous career of the red tsar
2011
Details Stalin's reign as the leader of the Soviet Union, focusing on his network of concentration camps, the Gulag.

Young Stalin

2007
A comprehensive biography of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that describes his impoverished childhood, abusive father, and transformation into one of the world's most powerful and merciless leader.

Stalin and Stalinism

2003
Presents a re-examination of Stalinism in light of the collapse of the Soviet Union, exploring the Russian Revolution and the Soviet State in the years between 1917 and 1929, and looking at three specific periods in the history of Stalinism. Includes a selection of documents.

Stalin

a biography
2005
A comprehensive biography of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that discusses his childhood in Georgia, education, religious training, political activity, impact on world history, and other related topics.

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