{"product_id":"9780140169539","title":"Stalin: Breaker of Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded—even after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 Stalin’s rule: the class with Lenin; collectivization; the Great Terror; the Nazi-Soviet pact and the Nazi-Soviet war; the anti-Semitic campaign that preceded his death; and the legacy he left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistilling a lifetime’s study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thoughtful and thorough and shot through with insight.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Definitive . . . a magnificent, even poetic, act of historical retribution.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Leader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant . . . this book probably is the most cogent and readable account of Stalin’s life yet published.”—\u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016069234928,"sku":"9780140169539","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140169539_p0.jpg?v=1763642331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140169539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}