The Young Stalin: The Early Years Of An Elusive Revolutionary
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
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A meticulously researched work of political biography, The Young Stalin: The Early Years of an Elusive Revolutionary chronicles the formative decades of one of history's most enigmatic and ruthless figures, tracing Joseph Stalin's origins from his impoverished Georgian childhood through his emergence as a hardened Bolshevik operative. Edward Ellis Smith, drawing on rare archival sources and intelligence records, uncovers the shadowy early life of a man who deliberately obscured his own past, raising provocative questions about his possible connections to the Tsarist secret police, the Okhrana. The narrative presents a portrait of calculated ambition, ideological radicalization, and survival instinct, illustrating how the young Ioseb Jughashvili transformed himself into the steel-willed revolutionary who would one day seize control of the Soviet Union. Written with the precision of a seasoned intelligence analyst, the work argues that understanding Stalin's hidden early years is essential to comprehending the paranoia and brutality that defined his later rule. This is an indispensable volume for readers serious about twentieth-century history, Soviet politics, and the psychology of totalitarian power.
Author: Edward Ellis Smith
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Cassell
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A meticulously researched work of political biography, The Young Stalin: The Early Years of an Elusive Revolutionary chronicles the formative decades of one of history's most enigmatic and ruthless figures, tracing Joseph Stalin's origins from his impoverished Georgian childhood through his emergence as a hardened Bolshevik operative. Edward Ellis Smith, drawing on rare archival sources and intelligence records, uncovers the shadowy early life of a man who deliberately obscured his own past, raising provocative questions about his possible connections to the Tsarist secret police, the Okhrana. The narrative presents a portrait of calculated ambition, ideological radicalization, and survival instinct, illustrating how the young Ioseb Jughashvili transformed himself into the steel-willed revolutionary who would one day seize control of the Soviet Union. Written with the precision of a seasoned intelligence analyst, the work argues that understanding Stalin's hidden early years is essential to comprehending the paranoia and brutality that defined his later rule. This is an indispensable volume for readers serious about twentieth-century history, Soviet politics, and the psychology of totalitarian power.