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The Last Days of Stalin (Paperback)
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The Last Days of Stalin (Paperback)
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Loot Price R467
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A gripping account of the months before and after Stalin's death
and how his demise reshaped the course of twentieth-century history
Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second
half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's
murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected U.S.
President Dwight Eisenhower with armed force, and was also
broadening a vicious campaign against Soviet Jews. Stalin's sudden
collapse and death in March 1953 was as dramatic and mysterious as
his life. It is no overstatement to say that his passing marked a
major turning point in the twentieth century. The Last Days of
Stalin is an engaging, briskly told account of the dictator's final
active months, the vigil at his deathbed, and the unfolding of
Soviet and international events in the months after his death.
Rubenstein throws fresh light on the devious plotting of Beria,
Malenkov, Khrushchev, and other "comrades in arms" who well
understood the significance of the dictator's impending death; the
witness-documented events of his death as compared to official
published versions; Stalin's rumored plans to forcibly exile Soviet
Jews; the responses of Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles to
the Kremlin's conciliatory gestures after Stalin's death; and the
momentous repercussions when Stalin's regime of terror was cut
short.
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