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Stalin's world : dictating the Soviet order

Title: Stalin's world : dictating the Soviet order / Sarah Davies and James Harris.
Author: Davies, Sarah (Sarah Rosemary)
Publication: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]

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Harris, James R., 1964-

Description

xv, 340 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"Drawing on declassified material from Stalin's personal archive, this is the first systematic attempt to analyze how Stalin saw his world--both the Soviet system he was trying to build and its wider international context. Stalin rarely left his offices and viewed the world largely through the prism of verbal and written reports, meetings, articles, letters, and books. Analyzing these materials, Sarah Davies and James Harris provide a new understanding of Stalin's thought process and leadership style and explore not only his perceptions and misperceptions of the world but the consequences of these perceptions and misperceptions"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Stalin's Vision -- Part I. Information and Interpretation -- "Bolshevik" Leadership -- Spymania -- Capitalist Encirclement -- Part II. The Power of Stalin's Words -- The Leader Cult -- The Working Class -- Soviet Culture -- Conclusion.

ISBN

9780300182811 (hardback : alkaline paper)
0300182813 (hardback : alkaline paper)

LCCN

2014011490
40024200875

OCLC

875644434
ocn875644434
SCSB-5772342

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Columbia University Libraries