Stalin's world : dictating the Soviet order / Sarah Davies, James Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Sarah, Author.

Harris, James R., 1964- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Political and social views.

Stalin, Joseph.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Language.

Political leadership--Soviet Union--History.

Political leadership.

Communism--Soviet Union--Philosophy.

Communism.

Political culture--Soviet Union--History.

Political culture.

Heads of state--Soviet Union--Biography.

Heads of state.

Dictators--Soviet Union--Biography.

Dictators.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Introduction: Stalin's vision

1. "Bolshevik" leadership

2. Spymania

3. Capitalist encirclement

4. The leader cult

5. The working class

6. Soviet culture

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300184723

0300184727

OCLC:

893675794