{"product_id":"stalin-book-robert-conquest-9780140169539","title":"Stalin","description":"Of all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded--even after his death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this book, the first to draw from recently released archives, Robert Conquest gives us Stalin as a child and student; as a revolutionary and communist theoretician; as a political animal skilled in amassing power and absolutely ruthless in maintaining it. He presents the landmarks of Stalin's rule: the class with Lenin; collectivization; the Great Terror; the Nazi-Soviet pact and the Nazi-Soviet war; the anti-Semitic campaign that preceded his death; and the legacy he left behind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Distilling a lifetime's study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Thoughtful and thorough and shot through with insight.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Definitive . . . a magnificent, even poetic, act of historical retribution.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Leader\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Brilliant . . . this book probably is the most cogent and readable account of Stalin's life yet published.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49519704211729,"sku":"CIN0140169539G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49640307065105,"sku":"GOR002640114","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50227485999377,"sku":"GOR003322828","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50288549691665,"sku":"CIN0140169539A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50522758218001,"sku":"CIN0140169539VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999383982353,"sku":"NIN9780140169539","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0140169539.jpg?v=1751429953","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/stalin-book-robert-conquest-9780140169539","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}