Robert gellately has written or edited ten books, and his works have appeared in more than twenty foreign languages. Gellately discounts this, emphasizing that stalin remained a sincere marxistleninist, convinced that the demise of capitalism and its replacement by the communism that the worlds workers yearned for if educated properly was a scientific fact. Battling for communism in war and cold war gellately, robert on. Battling for communism in war and cold war, by robert gellately 477 pp. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Gellately does an excellent job of showing how the soviet leader took his country from a backwards nation to a global superpower. Florida state university professor of history robert gellately traces stalins career in a new work that takes deadaim at debunking. This central message in robert gellately s masterly new book is an uncomfortable. Stalin literally, man of steel was not a heroic superman but someone who killed or displaced millions during the 1930s through forced collectivization and the purges of perceived enemies of the. Robert gellately s incisive work could well be titled, stalin s worst blunder. Using a wealth of previously unavailable documentation, gellately shows instead how stalin s crimes are more accurately understood as the deeds of a ruthless and lifelong leninist revolutionary. Battling for communism in war and cold war paperback december 3, 20 by robert gellately author. Battling for communism in war and cold war kindle edition by gellately, robert. It has thus far been translated into spanish and portuguese. Battling for communism in war and cold war by robert gellately and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Soviet history stalin and his cursed cause books and. According to robert gellately, the author of this fine book, millions of ordinary people have been inspired by joseph stalin. It is the story of how his rejection of marshall plan aid in 1947, both for the soviet union and the eastern. Battling for communism in war and cold war first edition by robert gellately isbn. Battling for communism in war and cold war this well researched book portrays stalin as a psychopath with a deep and abiding commitment to. Approximately 25 million people perished in the ussr as a result of some kind of repression, the largest share undoubtedly during stalin s reign. Florida state universitys gellately lenin, stalin, and hitler adds to his distinguished body of work on 20thcentury totalitarianism with this analysis of stalins conduct in international. Gellately does an excellent job of showing how the soviet leader took his country. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stalin s curse. I know of only two or three other books that can rival stalins curse in terms of its penetrating use of russian sources. In stalin s curse, bestselling historian robert gellately firmly rejects both these simplifications of the man and his motives. Gellately s grasp of the literature is tremendous, especially his expertise with the soviet archives. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In his book stalins curse, robert gellately sets out to prove that stalin was always driven primarily by ideological concerns and a desire to create.
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