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Stalin was one of the Bolsheviks' chief operatives in the Caucasus and grew closer to Lenin, who saw him as tough and loyal, capable of getting things done behind the scenes. Stalin played a decisive role in engineering the 1921 Red Army invasion of Georgia. His successes in Georgia propelled him into the ranks of the Politburo in late 1921.
Barbara C. Allen praised the book for its meticulous exploration of Stalin's ideological formation. She commended Suny for his in-depth analysis of Stalin's strengths and weaknesses as a Marxist organizer, agitator, and politician, particularly emphasizing his insightful coverage of Stalin's relationships and his adept weaving of personal and political dynamics.
Stalin also initiated a new military build-up; the Soviet army was expanded from 2.9 million soldiers, as it stood in 1949, to 5.8 million by 1953. [501] The U.S. began pushing its interests on every continent, acquiring air force bases in Africa and Asia and ensuring pro-U.S. regimes took power across Latin America. [502]
Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928 is the first volume in the three-volume biography of Joseph Stalin by American historian and Princeton Professor of History Stephen Kotkin. It was originally published in November 2014 by Penguin Random House and as an audiobook in December 2014 by Recorded Books.
Stalin: A Biography is a biography of Joseph Stalin written by Robert Service. It was published in 2004. [1] For his research, Service traveled to Abkhazia, where Stalin's dacha was located during the 1930s. [2] The book describes Stalin's life, covering in detail his youth, rise to power, and rule.
Stalin and the Scientists; Stalin: Breaker of Nations; Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928; Stalin: Passage to Revolution; Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar; Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941; Stalin's Peasants; The Stalinist Legacy
Stalin (Radzinsky book) Stalin and His Hangmen; Stalin: A Biography; Stalin: An Appraisal of the Man and His Influence; Stalin: Breaker of Nations; Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928; Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941
Stephen Kotkin's biography of Stalin has an extensive bibliography; Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928 [1] [2] contains a 52-page bibliography and Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941 [3] [4] contains a 50-page bibliography covering both the life of Stalin and Stalinism in the Soviet Union.