Stalin: A Biography

Stalin: A Biography
The first edition cover of the book, depicting Stalin.
Author Robert Service
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Subject Biography
Publisher Macmillan
Publication date
 2004
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 715
Preceded by Lenin: A Biography
Followed by Trotsky: A Biography

Stalin: A Biography is a biography of Joseph Stalin written by Robert Service. It was published in 2004 to wide acclaim.[1]

The book is a weighty and descriptive account of Stalin's life, covering in detail his youth, rise to power and rule. It uses a personal style which "humanizes Stalin without ever diminishing the extent of the atrocities he unleashed upon the Soviet population."[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Harvard University Press: Stalin : A Biography by Robert Service


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