{"product_id":"stalin-breaker-of-nations-9780140169539","title":"Stalin: Breaker of Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Conquest\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Russia - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distilling a lifetime's study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408424886423,"sku":"9780140169539","price":2144.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140169539.webp?v=1767309871","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/stalin-breaker-of-nations-9780140169539","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}