In the second volume of his definitive biography, , historian Stephen Kotkin examines the decade where Joseph Stalin transitioned from a powerful dictator into a world-shaping despot. The narrative follows Stalin’s relentless "revolution from above," his internal purges, and the strategic chess match with Nazi Germany that culminated in the largest land invasion in history.
The Domestic Revolution: Collectivization and Industrialization Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941
Kotkin portrays the Great Terror not as a sign of madness, but as a calculated political tool. Stalin believed that in the event of an inevitable war, internal rivals—former comrades and military leaders—could become a "fifth column" for foreign enemies. In the second volume of his definitive biography,
Stalin’s primary goal in 1929 was to force a backward peasant economy into "socialist modernity". This was achieved through two brutal, simultaneous campaigns: Stalin believed that in the event of an
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In the second volume of his definitive biography, , historian Stephen Kotkin examines the decade where Joseph Stalin transitioned from a powerful dictator into a world-shaping despot. The narrative follows Stalin’s relentless "revolution from above," his internal purges, and the strategic chess match with Nazi Germany that culminated in the largest land invasion in history.
The Domestic Revolution: Collectivization and Industrialization
Kotkin portrays the Great Terror not as a sign of madness, but as a calculated political tool. Stalin believed that in the event of an inevitable war, internal rivals—former comrades and military leaders—could become a "fifth column" for foreign enemies.
Stalin’s primary goal in 1929 was to force a backward peasant economy into "socialist modernity". This was achieved through two brutal, simultaneous campaigns:
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