{"product_id":"9780140169539-secondhand-stalin-breaker-of-nations","title":"Stalin: Breaker of Nations","description":"Of all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded-even after his death.  In this book, the first to draw from recently released archives, Robert Conquest gives us Stalin as a child and student; as a revolutionary and communist theoretician; as a political animal skilled in amassing power and absolutely ruthless in maintaining it. He presents the landmarks of Stalin's rule: the class with Lenin; collectivization; the Great Terror; the Nazi-Soviet pact and the Nazi-Soviet war; the anti-Semitic campaign that preceded his death; and the legacy he left behind.   Distilling a lifetime's study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure. \"Thoughtful and thorough and shot through with insight.\"- The Washington Post Book World \"Definitive . . . a magnificent, even poetic, act of historical retribution.\"- The New Leader \"Brilliant . . . this book probably is the most cogent and readable account of Stalin's life yet published.\"- The San Diego Union","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49001219326171,"sku":"9780140169539-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5964e4c7-7b17-4263-9fdb-929eb44502f1.jpg?v=1784744549","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780140169539-secondhand-stalin-breaker-of-nations","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}