Stalin : a biography
Service brings 30 years of involvement with Russia and its history to bear on this most controversial and enigmatic of figures. The events of the October Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Terror and, above all, WWII, are probed to explain the nature of Stalin's personality. Originally published: London : Macmillan, 2004. xviii, 715 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ...



