IB History: Stalin's Rise to Power

A history of the Soviet Union which begins with the conditions leading up to the revolution of 1917 and concludes with the collaspse of the Soviet Union in 1991

This is a new edition of Stalin and Khrushchev: The USSR 1924acirc;euro;"64. It has been revised and retitled to reflect the needs of the current specifications and provides a narrative and analysis of the Bolshevik consolidation of power under Lenin and Stalin's rise to power. It then examines Stalin's leadership, his restructuring of the Soviet economy, his foreign policies and what life was like in Stalinist Russia. Throughout the book key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips for each examination board provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.
CHAPTER TWO: STALIN'S RISE TO POWER

Evidence about Stalin' that has come to light since the collaspse of the Soviet Union in tyhe 1990's.
CHAPTER TWO: STALIN'S RISE TO POWER
The Roots of Stalin's Power
The Power Struggle: Stalin versus Trotsky
The Defeat pf Trotsky and the left
The Defeat of the Right

ntroduction: Interpretations of Stalinism / David L. Hoffmann - 1. Stalin's Role. Stalin and his Stalinism: Power and Authority in the Soviet Union, 1930-1953 / Ronald Grigor Suny - 2. Social Origins. Grappling with Stalinism / Moshe Lewin - 3. Socialist Ideology. The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia / Martin Malia - 4. The Foreign Threat. The Objectives of the Great Terror, 1937-1938 / Oleg Khlevnyuk - 5. The Welfare State. Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization / Stephen Kotkin - 6. State Violence. State Violence as Technique: The Logic of Violence in Soviet Totalitarianism / Peter Holquist - 7. Resistance and Conformity. Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times / Sheila Fitzpatrick - 8. Stalinist Subjectivity. Working, Struggling, Becoming: Stalin-Era Autobiographical Texts / Jochen Hellbeck - 9. Women and Gender. Women in Soviet Society: Equality, Development, and Social Change / Gail Warshofsky Lapidus.

Russia/Soviet Union, 1917-1945 examines the developments in the world's largest geo-political region during some of the most turbulent years of this century. Beginning with the collapse of the Tsarist regime in 1917 and moving through to the end of the Second World War, this work offers a comprehensive coverage of the major issues of the period.
CHAPTER FOUR - Stalin's struggle over power
CHAPTER FIVE - Stalin's Revolution

"The Stalin Era provides a wide-ranging history of Stalin's dictatorship in the Soviet Union. Drawing upon a great range of primary sources, this book is an account of Stalinist thought and policy, and their effects. It also puts the Stalin regime into the context both of Lenin's period of rule and of the longer-term continuities of Russian history."--

Chronicles the years of Joseph Stalin's iron-fisted reign in the Soviet Union, from the time of Lenin's death to the dawn of World War II.Gr 8 Up-Gottfried skillfully covers the period from the death of Lenin at the beginning of 1924 through the onset of World War II. In the first three chapters, he examines Stalin's rise to power and his consolidation of that power by ousting his competitors, controlling key appointments, and using the secret police. The chapter "Exporting Communism" adds an important global dimension with a discussion of the infiltration of the Communist Party in China, Spain, and the United States in the '30s. Two chapters cover the purges and trials of political figures and military leaders, the control of the mass media, and the widespread arrests of even ordinary citizens, who were sent to forced labor camps where so many perished. The final chapters describe the alliances and treacheries that led to World War II. Although Stalin died in 1953, the book ends somewhat abruptly with the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. However, one might assume that the war period and its aftermath will be covered in the third installment of this series. The book is exceptionally well written, and each chapter is carefully divided into short sections.

In this long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed Russia's Road to the Cold War (1979), Vojtech Mastny offers a thorough history of the early years of the Cold War, drawing upon his extensive research in newly opened Soviet archives. Just as the earlier volume offered the definitive portrait of Joseph Stalin's foreign policy during World War II, The Cold War and Soviet Insecurity affords readers an equally superb account of Stalin's foreign policy during his last years. Combining important new data with the fascinating insights of one of our leading authorities on Soviet affairs, this book illuminates a crucial period in recent world history.

Retraces the rise of Stalinism, explaining the mechanisms through which Stalin secured absolute control of the Russian political system and of society

Stalin: the first in-depth biography based on exposive new documents from Russia's secret archives.
CHAPTER THREE: STALIN; HIS LIFE AND DEATH

Josef Stalin, writes historian Adam B. Ulam in his now-classic biography, was the consummate outsider, a man who spoke Russian with a Georgian accent all his life yet still proclaimed himself to be the supreme father of the Russian people. Often pictured as a semiliterate boor, Stalin was in fact an intellectual, and he destroyed the intellectual class to which he belonged "as thoroughly as any class in history had ever been destroyed." Ulam's account of the 20th century's Genghis Khan is an absorbing study of power won and terrifyingly applied

The figure of Joseph Stalin has always provoked heated and often polarized debate. The recent declassification of a substantial portion of Stalin's archive has made possible this fundamental new assessment of the Soviet leader. In this groundbreaking study, leading international experts challenge many assumptions about Stalin from his early life in Georgia to the Cold War years with contributions ranging across the political, economic, social, cultural, ideological and international history of the Stalin era. The volume provides a deeper understanding of the nature of Stalin's power and of the role of ideas in his politics, presenting a more complex and nuanced image of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. This study is without precedent in the field of Russian history and will prove invaluable reading for students of Stalin and Stalinism.

This book in detail traces the means by which Stalin was able to outwit both Churchill and Roosevelt at their various wartime conferences. The book describes how Stalin, by now a paranoiac, was prevented only by sudden illness and death from slaughtering all his remaining close colleagues in the Politburo

Examines the life and times of Joseph Stalin, the dictatorial leader of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1953. When the Czar's government finally collapsed, Stalin rose rapidly through the ranks of the ruling Bolshevik party. But with the success of the of the revolution came chaos, famine, and civil war. When Lenin died in 1924, Stalin plotted to seize the reins of power

Vol 6 Stalin: Did Joseph Stalin want the Cold War? P.250 Yes. Joseph Stalin needed the Cold War in order to justifyrepression in the U.S.S.R. and Soviet control of EasternEurope. (William R. Forstchen)P.251 No. Joseph Stalin did not want the Cold War, but his paranoiaand desire for territorial expansion made it possible.(Paul Du Quenoy) P.252. Vol 1. Hitler and Stalin: Is the comparison between Hitler and Stalin valid and justified? 134Yes, Hitler and Stalin both established brutal totalitarian regimes. (Mark Kramer) 134No, Hitler an Stalin were more dissimilar than alike. (Benjamin A. Valentino) 137