Stalin: A Biography

✍ Scribed by Robert Service

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 757
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Service brings 30 years of involvement with Russia and its history to bear on this most controversial and enigmatic of figures. The events of the October Revolution, the Civil War, the Great Terror and, above all, World War II, more open to examination than ever before, are probed to explain the nature of Stalin's personality.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
A Note on Renderings
Maps
PART ONE. THE REVOLUTIONARY
1. STALIN AS WE HAVE KNOWN HIM
2. THE FAMILY DZHUGHASHVILI
3. THE SCHOOLING OF A PRIEST
4. POET AND REBEL
5. MARXIST MILITANT
6. THE PARTY AND THE CAUCASUS
7. ON THE RUN
8. AT THE CENTRE OF THE PARTY
9. KOBA AND BOLSHEVISM
10. OSIP OF SIBERIA
11. RETURN TO PETROGRAD
PART TWO. LEADER FOR THE PARTY
12. THE YEAR 1917
13. OCTOBER
14. PEOPLE’S COMMISSAR
15. TO THE FRONT!
16. THE POLISH CORRIDOR
17. WITH LENIN
18. NATION AND REVOLUTION
19. TESTAMENT
20. THE OPPORTUNITIES OF STRUGGLE
21. JOSEPH AND NADYA
22. FACTIONALIST AGAINST FACTIONS
PART THREE. DESPOT
23. ENDING THE NEP
24. TERROR-ECONOMICS
25. ASCENT TO SUPREMACY
26. THE DEATH OF NADYA
27. MODERNITY’S SORCERER
28. FEARS IN VICTORY
29. RULING THE NATIONS
30. MIND OF TERROR
31. THE GREAT TERRORIST
32. THE CULT OF IMPERSONALITY
33. BRUTAL REPRIEVE
PART FOUR. WARLORD
34. THE WORLD IN SIGHT
35. APPROACHES TO WAR
36. THE DEVILS SUP
37. BARBAROSSA
38. FIGHTING ON
39. SLEEPING ON THE DIVAN
40. TO THE DEATH!
41. SUPREME COMMANDER
42. THE BIG THREE
43. LAST CAMPAIGNS
44. VICTORY!
PART FIVE. THE IMPERATOR
45. DELIVERING THE BLOW
46. THE OUTBREAK OF THE COLD WAR
47. SUBJUGATING EASTERN EUROPE
48. STALINIST RULERSHIP
49. POLICIES AND PURGES
50. EMPEROR WORSHIP
51. DANGEROUS LIAISONS
52. VOZHD AND INTELLECTUAL
53. AILING DESPOT
54. DEATH AND EMBALMING
55. AFTER STALIN
Glossary
Notes
1. Stalin as We Have Known Him
2. The Family Dzhughashvili
3. The Schooling of a Priest
4. Poet and Rebel
5. Marxist Militant
6. The Party and the Caucasus
7. On the Run
8. At the Centre of the Party
9. Koba and Bolshevism
10. Osip of Siberia
11. Return to Petrograd
12. The Year 1917
13. October
14. People’s Commissar
15. To the Front!
16. The Polish Corridor
17. With Lenin
18. Nation and Revolution
19. Testament
20. The Opportunities of Struggle
21. Joseph and Nadya
22. Factionalist Against Factions
23. Ending the NEP
24. Terror-Economics
25. Ascent to Supremacy
26. The Death of Nadya
27. Modernity’s Sorcerer
28. Fears in Victory
29. Ruling the Nations
30. Mind of Terror
31. The Great Terrorist
32. The Cult of Impersonality
33. Brutal Reprieve
34. The World in Sight
35. Approaches to War
36. The Devils Sup
37. Barbarossa
38. Fighting On
39. Sleeping on the Divan
40. To the Death!
41. Supreme Commander
42. The Big Three
43. Last Campaigns
44. Victory!
45. Delivering the Blow
46. The Outbreak of the Cold War
47. Subjugating Eastern Europe
48. Stalinist Rulership
49. Policies and Purges
50. Emperor Worship
51. Dangerous Liaisons
52. Vozhd and Intellectual
53. Ailing Despot
54. Death and Embalming
55. After Stalin
Select Bibliography
Index