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Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929 – 1941

byStephen Kotkin

In Stalin, Stephen Kotkin presents a biographical portrait centered on waiting for Hitler, 1929: 1941. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Penguin Press

Publication date

2014

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781594203800