Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler Robert Gellately the age of social catastrophe
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York Alfred A. Knopf 2007Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 696 p., [24] p. of plates ill., maps 25 cmISBN: 9780224062831Subject(s): Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich 1870-1924 | Stalin, Joseph 1879-1953 | Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 | Dictatorship -- History -- 21st century | Dictatorship -- Case studies | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936 | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953 | Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945DDC classification: 947.084 22 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online Summary: This ambitious book tells the story of the great social and political catastrophe that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945--a period of almost continuous upheaval, with two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the Third Reich. Historian Gellately argues that these tragedies are inextricably linked and that to consider them as discrete events is to misunderstand their genesis and character. Central to the catastrophe, of course, were Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, and this book makes use of recently opened sources to explain how these dictators' pursuit of utopian--and dreadfully flawed--ideals led only to dystopian nightmare. Gellately argues that most comparative studies of the Soviet and Nazi dictatorships are undermined by neglecting the key importance of Lenin. Rejecting the myth of the "good" Lenin, the book provides a convincing social-historical account of all three dictatorships.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-670) and index.
This ambitious book tells the story of the great social and political catastrophe that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945--a period of almost continuous upheaval, with two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the Third Reich. Historian Gellately argues that these tragedies are inextricably linked and that to consider them as discrete events is to misunderstand their genesis and character. Central to the catastrophe, of course, were Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, and this book makes use of recently opened sources to explain how these dictators' pursuit of utopian--and dreadfully flawed--ideals led only to dystopian nightmare. Gellately argues that most comparative studies of the Soviet and Nazi dictatorships are undermined by neglecting the key importance of Lenin. Rejecting the myth of the "good" Lenin, the book provides a convincing social-historical account of all three dictatorships.--From publisher description.
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