Stalin
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Stalin

by Robert Service

2004•Biography•715 pages

Taste attributes: biographyhistoricalpoliticaldocumentaryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentarytroubled leads

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Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is serious, smart and morally murky. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

"Drawing on hitherto unpublished material from the Moscow archives, only recently opened up to Western scholars, and on personal testimonies and private papers gathered from all over Russia, Georgia and Abkhazia, Service challenges the conventional view of the Soviet leader as simply a murderous bureaucrat."--BOOK JACKET.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyHistoricalPoliticalDocumentaryInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceSocial commentaryTroubled leads

Subjects

Heads of stateBiographyHistorySoviet union, history, 1925-1953Politics and governmentSoviet Union

Details

Author
Robert Service
Published
2004
Pages
715
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