Very impressed with the authors writing skill

Very impressed with the authors writing skill  Read Less

Excellent book with the right balance of detail and interesting pace

Excellent book with the right balance of detail and interesting pace  Read Less

” but too often solid research gets mixed up with the slapdash

” but too often solid research gets mixed up with the slapdash  Read Less

Interweaves a a more personal stalin narrative with the usual historical biographical structure

Interweaves a a more personal stalin narrative with the usual historical biographical structure  Read Less

Khlevniuk is the best stalinologue in the world

Khlevniuk is the best stalinologue in the world  Read Less

What makes this book stand out is the huge effort invested in searching for new original documents hitherto buried in various ...  Read More

What makes this book stand out is the huge effort invested in searching for new original documents hitherto buried in various russian archives and it is here where the main strenght of this book lies  Read Less

If you are willing to read such an ‘artful’ presentation the book presents a full account of stalin’s dictatorship of the ussr ...  Read More

If you are willing to read such an ‘artful’ presentation the book presents a full account of stalin’s dictatorship of the ussr stalin’s paranoia his arbitrary cruelty and his strategies to prevent any possible competitor for his power  Read Less