Stalin, Robert Conquest
Stalin, Robert Conquest
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Stalin
Breaker of Nations

Author: Robert Conquest

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 15 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2008

Synopsis

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 guardedeven 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 Stalins rule: the clash with Lenin; collectivization; the Great Terror; the NaziSoviet pact and the NaziSoviet war; the antiSemitic campaign that preceded his death; and the legacy he left behind. Distilling a lifetimes study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure.

About Robert Conquest

Robert Conquest, historian, poet, literary critic, and political writer, is the author of many books in these fields, including such classic works on Soviet history as The Great Terror and The Harvest of Sorrow, both published to much acclaim in the Soviet Union itself. He is at present a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas on May 31, 2017

Yes, his name really is Robert Conquest, and he really is the foremost English language Stalinologist. Gotta be careful not to say "Stalinist," see, that's a whole different thing. Anyway, Stalin: Breaker of Nations is his Stalin biography. It appears to be largely based on research that Conquest di......more

Goodreads review by Arthur on June 23, 2022

A 15 hour and 40 minute unabridged audiobook. I wonder if this book was an eye opener when it was first published 30 years ago, when the iron curtain was finally opening up. I appreciate the authors style where he was blunt and pulled no punches. It seems a well resourced book and it hit its stride w......more

Goodreads review by John on October 17, 2008

I read this first in highschool to get a grasp on one of the 20th century’s greatest monsters, and again now as I was moving and found it in an old box. Breaker of Nations is an excellent resource for highschoolers and undergrads looking for specific information on one of Stalin’s activities. There i......more

Goodreads review by Matt on June 24, 2014

Safe to say that Conquest knows his subject quite well. This biography is a good complement to The Great Terror, and if Stalin and his USSR interest you, I would recommend reading both (the bio first and then the Terror). STALIN is a brisk summary of Stalin's life and career. I almost didn't pick up......more

Goodreads review by Wilson on September 12, 2018

A very telling and ominous book about the rise of one of the most evil and ruthless men who ever walked this planet. A man who considered those he met his "future victims" in which the author concludes who had no allegiance to either state or family. He truly was a breaker of nations whose talents li......more

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