Stalin. A New History

From: Canadian Slavonic Papers | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Sarah Davies and James Harris, eds. Stalin. A New History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2005. xiii, 295pp. Index. £40, cloth. £18.99, paper.

The volume under review, based on the proceedings of a conference held at Durham University shortly before the fiftieth anniversary of Stalin's death, contains fourteen contributions by experts on Stalin and Stalinism. The book's aim-to "reinvigorate scholarly interest in Stalin"-is admirably achieved, for there is not a weak essay in the collection. The contributions are placed in a roughly chronological framework, ranging from Stalin's ...

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