Book description
A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library
"[A] fascinating new study."-Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal
In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin…
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