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Stalin : waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941

Stalin : waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941

Kotkin, Stephen, author.
Book 2017

In 1929, Joseph Stalin, having already achieved dictatorial power over the vast Soviet Empire, formally ordered the systematic conversion of the world's largest peasant economy into "socialist modernity," otherwise known as collectivization, regardless of the cost. What it cost, and what Stalin ruthlessly enacted, transformed the country and its ruler in profound and enduring ways. Building and running a dictatorship, with life and death power ov...

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ISBN:
9781594203800
1594203806
Description:
xvii, 1154 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Other Title:
Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941
Notes:
Second of two volumes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 911-1117) and index
Contents:
Triumph of the will
Apocalypse
Victory
Terrorism
A great power
On a bluff
Enemies hunting enemies
"What went on in No. 1's brain?"
Missing piece
Hammer
Pact
Smashed pig
Greed
Fear
Coda: Little Corner, Saturday, June 21, 1941
Control Number:
2412364
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Sequel to: Kotkin, Stephen. Stalin : paradoxes of power, 1878-1928
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