[[File:Stalin_Waiting_for_Hitler.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594203806/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594203806&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1e35c62fd3a2710fce982657b60c5ef8 Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941] by Stephen Kotkin]]
Joseph Stalin was one of bloodiest dictators in world history and one of the most significant people of the 20th Century. He was the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union and the Communist Bloc of Eastern Europe. He killed millions of his own citizens and was its wartime leader during World War II. Despite his atrocities, Great Britain and the United States were compelled to work with Stalin against Germany.
These books cover a range of topics associated with Stalin. While some of these books could qualify as biographies, others focus on his policies and the consequences of his actions. These books provide a nuanced view of him and his impact on the world.
* Boobbyer'''Stephen Kotkin'''. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594203806/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594203806&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1e35c62fd3a2710fce982657b60c5ef8 Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941] (New York, Penguin, Phillip2018) This Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin second volume of his definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict with Hitler’s Germany that is the signal event of modern world history. This book covers the history of the world during the build-up to its most fateful hour, from the vantage point of Stalin’s seat of power. '''Tim Tzouliadis'''. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/04151829800143115421/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=04151829800143115421&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=be2a9195cf0017e9147f778e95d45fbe 9d2e21c7fd860a2b192f8d8bb7be3fd1 The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin Era's Russia](Penguin, (Routledge2006) During the Great Depression, LondonAmericans attracted to the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, 2000)many of them met tragic fates. Tzouliadis shows how their dreams met with a harsh reality in the Soviet Union during Stalin's Red Terror.
* Montefiore, Simon Sebag[[File:Red_Famine. jpg|thumbnail|left|200px |[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/14000767810385538855/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=14000767810385538855&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=eb9848bd0a98d402c5a3cab783e1108d 924d2c7eb34ad19db8bdfbddec35d57b Red Famine: Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar's War on Ukraine] by Anne Applebaum]]. (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003)
* Conquest, Robert'''Anne Applebaum'''. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/01401695390385538855/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=01401695390385538855&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=78415985f069f734b98307b00183a2dd 924d2c7eb34ad19db8bdfbddec35d57b Red Famine: Stalin: Breaker of Nations's War on Ukraine]. (Viking-PenguinDoubleday, Hammondsworth, 19992018)]]
* HarrisIn <i>Red Famine</i>, James. The Great Fear: Stalin's Reign of Terror Anne Applebaum argues that more than three million Ukrainians died in the 1930snot because they were accidental victims of bad policy but because the state deliberately set out to kill them. Devastating and definitive, (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017)Red Famine captures the horror of ordinary people struggling to survive extraordinary evil.
Between the winter of 1936 and the autumn of 1938, approximately three-quarters of a million Soviet citizens were subject to summary execution'''Phillip Boobyear'''. [https://www. More than a million others were sentenced to lengthy terms in labor campsamazon. Commonly known as 'com/gp/product/0415182980/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0415182980&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=be2a9195cf0017e9147f778e95d45fbe The Stalin's Great Terror'Era], (Routledge, London, it is also among the most misunderstood moments in the history of the twentieth century. 2000)
*Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk, Cold Peace: This book provides a wide-ranging overview of Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953 (Oxford, Oxford Univesity Press. It is not a comprehensive as other books on this list, 2005)but it is a fantastic place to start.
While Stalin has often been dismissed as paranoid and irrational, Stalin's behavior followed a clear political logic, contend Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk''Simon Sebag Montefiore'''. [https://www.amazon. com/gp/product/1400076781/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400076781&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=eb9848bd0a98d402c5a3cab783e1108d Stalin's consistent and overriding goal after : The Court of the war was to consolidate the Soviet Union's status as a superpower andRed Tsar]. (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, in the face of growing decrepitude, to maintain his own hold as leader of that power.2003)
* Sheila Fitzpatrick, Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in Simon Montefiore's acclaimed biography of Stalin during the 1930sdecades of his rule. Montefiore's portrayal shows that Stalin's triumphs and crimes were a product of his fanatical Marxism and his deeply flawed character. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000)
Here is a pioneering account Robert Conquest. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140169539/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0140169539&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=78415985f069f734b98307b00183a2dd Stalin: Breaker of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian historyNations]. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation, overcrowding, endless lines(Viking-Penguin, and broken homesHammondsworth, in which the regime's promises of future socialist abundance rang hollowly.1999)
*Stephen Kotkin, '''James Harris'''. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198797869/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0198797869&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=e5bda21c1d1316d2afaa649b1f02e62a The Great Fear: Stalin: Waiting for Hitler's Reign of Terror in the 1930s], 1929-1941 (New YorkOxford, PenguinOxford University Press, 20182017)
This Pulitzer PrizeBetween the winter of 1936 and the autumn of 1938, approximately three-finalist Stephen Kotkin second volume quarters of his definitive biography of Joseph a million Soviet citizens were subject to summary execution. More than a million others were sentenced to lengthy terms in labor camps. Commonly known as 'Stalin, from collectivization and the 's Great Terror to the conflict with Hitler’s Germany that ', it is also among the signal event of modern world history. This book covers most misunderstood moments in the history of the world during the build-up to its most fateful hour, from the vantage point of Stalin’s seat of powertwentieth century.
*Anne Applebaum, '''Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk'''. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385538855B001CSC3CC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385538855B001CSC3CC&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=924d2c7eb34ad19db8bdfbddec35d57b Red Famine7ef58dd1d97cb184bb14bf8106b1c97a Cold Peace: Stalin's War on Ukraineand the Soviet Ruling Circle]. , 1945-1953 (DoubledayOxford, Oxford Univesity Press, 20182005)
In <i>Red Famine</i>While Stalin has often been dismissed as paranoid and irrational, Stalin's behavior followed a clear political logic, Anne Applebaum argues that more than three million Ukrainians died in contend Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk. Stalin's consistent and overriding goal after the 1930s not because they were accidental victims of bad policy but because war was to consolidate the state deliberately set out to kill them. Devastating Soviet Union's status as a superpower and definitive, Red Famine captures in the horror face of ordinary people struggling growing decrepitude, to survive extraordinary evilmaintain his own hold as leader of that power.
*Tim Tzouliadis, '''Sheila Fitzpatrick'''. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/01431154210195050010/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=01431154210195050010&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=9d2e21c7fd860a2b192f8d8bb7be3fd1 The Forsaken2b86a2b5dfa2520d21a67d39caca8ed4 Everyday Stalinism]: An American Tragedy Ordinary Life in Stalin's Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia] in the 1930s. (PenguinOxford, Oxford University Press, 20062000)
During the Great DepressionHere is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, Americans attracted to written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the Soviet Union. Unfortunatelyurban population, many Fitzpatrick depicts a world of them met tragic fates. Tzouliadis shows how their dreams met with a harsh reality privation, overcrowding, endless lines, and broken homes, in which the Soviet Union during Stalinregime's Red Terrorpromises of future socialist abundance rang hollowly.{{MediaWiki:AmNative}}[[Category:Russian History]][[Category:Booklists]][[Category:European History]][[Category: Cold War History]] [[Category:World War Two History]] [[Category:20th Century History]] [[Category:Wikis]]
