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Based on archival research, personal letters, interviews, and previously secret files, the author presents a comprehensive biography of the life of Joseph Stalin
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A revelatory account, researched from myriad archives and interviews never previously available. Volkogonov apparently led for many years a kind of dual life: outwardly a hard-line political instructor of the armed forces; inwardly planning, researching, and writing this biography, which glasnost finally allowed him to bring to fruition. Includes 24 pages of b&w photographs. Translated from the two-volume Russian edition of 1989 (Novosti, Moscow). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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