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Books : Young Stalin (Vintage) |
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List Price: $16.95Amazon.com's Price: $11.53 You Save: $5.42 (32%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 947.0842092
EAN: 9781400096138
ISBN: 1400096138
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Sales Rank: 25203
Studio: Vintage
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Product Description:
Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin.
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Rating: - Fabulous!
Most history books tell the when and where -- this gives incredible insight into the "why"?--what made Stalin the cold-hearted, focused, and driven revolutionary, who was not only able to climb the bloody mountain of power (in competition with equally ruthless killers), but also charming enough to hoodwink Roosevelt, Truman, and even Churchill during World War II and in the post-war conferences. This is a must read for anyone interested in the human psyche in general, and in history in particular. ... Read More
Rating: - Incredible Book; No Movie Please!
This book was the first biography I ever read cover-to-cover, and immediately afterward I read the next volume (actually published before this one), the longer but equally good Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. It is really incredible all the detail Montefiore was able to extract from the Soviet-era archives, despite how disturbing it all is. Stalin's youthful exploits (like terrorism, romantic poetry, bank-robbery, priestly education, and sexual relationships with a plethora of girls and women) may ... Read More
Rating: - "Young Stalin" Review
It's an excellent expose of the hitherto unknown childhood and young manhood of "So-So" (Georgian small form of Iosef, his given name)Stalin.
The author and his brilliant narrative brings to life many of the unfortunate circumstances and events which undoubtedly had a profound effect on young Stalin, both during his formative years and in the turbulent decade preceding the Revolution.
Rather than painting him as a Black Villain he treats young Stalin with the necessary objectivity to present ... Read More
Rating: - Substantive and absorbing - a scholarly masterpiece
I initially picked up this book with the risk that it would be yet another red-baiting diatribe. Boy was I wrong. The author definitely has his political opinions, but the book is so thoroughly substantive and scholarly that people of any political leanings will have a lot to gain out of this book.
And watch out - you might just come out cheering for the anti-heroic Stalin as the "Boy Named Sue" we've come to love growing up. While the author tries in vain to psychoanalyze how Stalin came to be so ... Read More
Rating:  - Delightful! Similar to Young Indiana Jones
This is great action/adventure in the same vain as Georg Lucas's Young Indiana Jones series. Follow the exploits and exciting adventures of a young Joseph Stalin as he travels the world with a cadre of friends, including an wacky funny version of 12-year old Leon Trotsky...and in regards to that, you will perhaps laugh uneasily at the forshadowing when the 14 year old Stalin jokes to his 12-year old pal: "if you keep making those bad jokes, I am going to have you killed!" I especially enjoyed the love interest ... Read More
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