Stalin: History in an Hour

by Rupert Colley

On Sale: 10/25/2012

Stalin: History in an Hour

by Rupert Colley

On Sale: 10/25/2012

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About the Book

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.

Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, it did not discriminate; no one was safe, no institution, no single town or village was immune. Yet, following his death in 1953, Stalin was deeply mourned. He had ‘received the country with a wooden plough, and left it with a nuclear missile shield’. And no-one else, some claimed, could have led the Soviet Union to victory in the Second World War.

So who was Joseph Stalin, what was his role during the Russian Revolution; how did he come to power, what made him such a destructive tyrant, and how did he impose his will on the Soviet Union for so long?

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…

Critical Praise

‘If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past’ Dominic Sandbrook

‘The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age’ Andrew Roberts, Bookseller

‘This is genius’ MacWorld.com

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780007508068
  • ISBN 10: 0007508069
  • Imprint: HarperPress
  • On Sale: 10/25/2012
  • Pages: 60
  • List Price:2.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
  • BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
  • BISAC3 : HISTORY / World
  • BISAC4 : HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
  • BISAC5 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State

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