STALIN Of the distinguished journalist and commentator on world
affairs, the New York World-Telegram says Eugene Lyons knows his
Russia. Editor of The American Mercury and author of the
best-seller, Assignment in Utopia, Eugene Lyons holds a unique
place among foreign correspondents. He was the first foreign
correspondent to interview Stalin after the latters rise to power.
He is the only one ever to be granted an interview by the Shah of
Persia. In his six years in Moscow, he was able to observe as were
few outsiders the confused, intricate and fateful workings of the
Soviet experi ment. He was the first of a now rapidly-growing band
to realize the inconsistencies of Stalinism and to reveal how the
Revolution had been betrayed by its purported leader. The scope of
his knowledge of foreign affairs is broad after con siderable
newspaper experience in this country, he went to Italy to watch the
growth of Fascism in 1920-21 spent the years 1928 to 1934 in Russia
and in addition reported im portant events in Germany and the Near
East. Now in this country, Eugene Lyons is recognized as one of our
most acute interpreters of foreign affairs on the lecture platform,
on the radio, and in the magazines. STALIN Czar of all the Russias
by EUGENE LYONS J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHIIADELPH A LONDON
TORONTO NEW YORK AUTHORS NOTE In this brief biography of Joseph
Stalin I have sought to present one of the most significant and
influential figures of our time in a simple unacademic treatment. I
am aware of the risks of over-simplification involved in such a pro
cedure after all, Stalins career is integrated with the larger
story of the Russian Revolution and the history of the Communist
Party. I havedrawn upon my personal studies and impressions during
the years I lived and worked in the shadow of Stalins might. But
beyond that I have necessarily relied on the pioneer labors of
others in this field. I want to express my indebtedness especially
to Stalin A Critical Survey of Bolshevism by Boris Souvarine, and
Stalin by Isaac Don Levine. I also wish to acknowledge gratefully
the helpfulness of Charles Malamuth. E. L. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I
ASIATIC DESPOT 13 II THE BOY Soso 24 III THE CAUCASIAN HERITAGE 32
IV EDUCATION FOR PRIESTHOOD 40 V THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONIST 49 VI
BACKGROUND OF BOLSHEVISM 59 VII CRIME FOR THE CAUSE 67 VIII BAKU
AND PRISONS 75 IX THE WONDERFUL GEORGIAN 84 X IN ARCTIC EXILE 92 XI
1917, THE REVOLUTIONARY YEAR 100 XII VICTORY WITHOUT GLORY in XIII
STALINS CIVIL WAR 121 XIV THE FIRST BUREAUCRAT 133 XV DISOWNED BY
LENIN 140 XVI STALIN INVENTS A GOD 149 XVII TROTSKY Is DEFEATED 159
XVIII STALIN BECOMES THE PARTY 159 XIX THE GREAT WRETCHEDNESS 183
XX STALIN IN CLOSE-UP 195 XXI BUILDING SOCIALISM 204 XXII
COUNTER-REVOLUTION 220 XXIII THE GREAT CARNAGE 233 XXIV THE TREASON
TRIALS 244 XXV FOREIGN POLICIES 254 XXVI THE GREAT STALINIST HOAX
267 XXVII TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY 283 ILLUSTRATIONS JOSEPH STALIN
Frontispiece FACING PAGE SOSO DjUGASHVILLI 24 Stalin as a boy in
the Caucasian town of Gori PROFESSIONAL REVOLUTIONIST 50 Rogues
Gallery pictures of Stalin, taken by the Czars police in 1910 IN
ARCTIC EXILE 92 Stalin with Jacob Sverdlov, later the first
President of Soviet Russia, and a group of political exiles beyond
the Arctic Circle, in 1915 DICTATOR AND STAFF 212 Stalin among his
associates of 1934 Ordzhonikidze, Molotov, Kirov, Yenukidze,
Voroshilov, Kaganovich andKuibishev STALIN AND KIROV Hitherto
unpublished photograph taken in Tiflis in summer of 1934 showing
Kirov a few months before his assassination THEIR LAST PARADE 250
Soviet leaders reviewing a May Day parade on Red Square, from the
Lenin Mausoleum Stalin, Tukha chevsky, Byelov, Voroshilov, Yegorov
and Budenny STUDY IN RED AND BROWN 274 Stalin, Molotov and Nazi
Foreign Minister von Rib bentrop immediately after the signing of
the Russo-German Pact on August 23, 1939 STALIN
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