Stalin

Informationen zum Autor Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the University of Oxford. Klappentext Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, this is the first full-scale biography of the Soviet dictator in twenty years. Service describes in unprecedented detail the first half of Stalin's life--his childhood in Georgia as the son of a violent, drunkard father and a devoted mother; his education and religious training; and his political activity as a young revolutionary. No mere messenger for Lenin, Stalin was a prominent activist long before the Russian Revolution. Equally compelling is the depiction of Stalin as Soviet leader. Service recasts the image of Stalin as unimpeded despot; his control was not limitless. And his conviction that enemies surrounded him was not entirely unfounded. Stalin was not just a vengeful dictator but also a man fascinated by ideas and a voracious reader of Marxist doctrine and Russian and Georgian literature as well as an internationalist committed to seeing Russia assume a powerful role on the world stage. In examining the multidimensional legacy of Stalin, Service helps explain why later would-be reformers--such as Khrushchev and Gorbachev--found the Stalinist legacy surprisingly hard to dislodge. Rather than diminishing the horrors of Stalinism, this is an account all the more disturbing for presenting a believable human portrait. Service's lifetime engagement with Soviet Russia has resulted in the most comprehensive and compellingportrayal of Stalin to date.

Klappentext
Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal testimonies gathered from across Russia and Georgia, this is the first full-scale biography of the Soviet dictator in twenty years. Service describes in unprecedented detail the first half of Stalin's life--his childhood in Georgia as the son of a violent, drunkard father and a devoted mother; his education and religious training; and his political activity as a young revolutionary. No mere messenger for Lenin, Stalin was a prominent activist long before the Russian Revolution. Equally compelling is the depiction of Stalin as Soviet leader. Service recasts the image of Stalin as unimpeded despot; his control was not limitless. And his conviction that enemies surrounded him was not entirely unfounded. Stalin was not just a vengeful dictator but also a man fascinated by ideas and a voracious reader of Marxist doctrine and Russian and Georgian literature as well as an internationalist committed to seeing Russia assume a powerful role on the world stage. In examining the multidimensional legacy of Stalin, Service helps explain why later would-be reformers--such as Khrushchev and Gorbachev--found the Stalinist legacy surprisingly hard to dislodge. Rather than diminishing the horrors of Stalinism, this is an account all the more disturbing for presenting a believable human portrait. Service's lifetime engagement with Soviet Russia has resulted in the most comprehensive and compellingportrayal of Stalin to date.

Inhalt
Preface A Note on Renderings Maps ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY 1. Stalin As We Have Known Him 2. The Family Dzhughashvili 3. The Schooling of a Priest 4. Poet and Rebel 5. Marxist Militant 6. The Party and the Caucasus 7. On the Run 8. At the Centre of the Party 9. Koba and Bolshevism 10. Osip of Siberia 11. Return to Petrograd TWO: LEADER FOR THE PARTY 12. The Year 1917 13. October 14. People's Commisar 15. To the Front 16. The Polish Corridor 17. With Lenin 18. Nation and Revolution 19. Testament 20. The Opportunities of Struggle 21. Joseph and Nadya 22. Factionalist Against Factions THREE: DESPOT 23. Ending the Nep 24. Terror-Economics 25. Ascent to Supremacy 26. The Death of Nadya 27. Modernity's Sorcerer 28. Fears in Victory 29. Ruling the Nations 30. Mind of Terror 31. The Great Terrorist 32. The Cult of Impersonality 33. Brutal Reprieve FOUR: WARLORD 34. The World in Sight 35. Approaches to War 36. The Devils Sup 37. Barbarossa 38. Fighting On 39. Sleeping on the Divan 40. To the Death! 41. Supreme Commander 42. The Big Three 43. Last Campaigns 44. Victory! FIVE: THE IMPERATOR 45. Delivering the Blow 46. The Outbreak of the Cold War 47. Subjugating Eastern Europe 48. Stalinist Rulership 49. Policies and Purges 50. Emperor Worship 51. Dangerous Liasons 52. Vozhd and Intellectual 53. Ailing Despot 54. Death and Embalming 55. After Stalin Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index

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