Stalin: Revolutionary in an Era of War

European History in Perspective

by Kevin McDermott

Stalin's massive impact on Soviet history is often explained in terms of his inherent evil, personality defects, and power lust. This volume argues that Stalin's thoughts and actions are best contextualized in the inter-relationship between war and revolution in the first half of the twentieth century. Kevin McDermott incorporates recently declassified materials from the former Soviet Party archives and provides a critical review of western and Russian historiography.

Genres: History, War, World History, Politics, Russia, Nonfiction, Russian History

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[my name is corey irl · Rating 2 out of 5]

gives a pretty dece overview of the various appraisals of koba w/n establishment academia. BUT all that really translates to is a bunch of passages where the author's all like "concerning the five year plan i prefer the assessment of [bougie turbodork] to [paid-off hack like robert fucking conquest]". NO THANKS

p.s. scarequotes around "western imperialism" but completely unironic use of the phrase "gorbachev's reforms". lol yeah, fucking A, mate

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful introduction to the world's most famous Georgian.