Stephen Kotkin
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Stephen Kotkin
Stalin - Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941
In 1929, Joseph Stalin, having already achieved dictatorial power over the vast Soviet Empire, formally ordered the systematic conversion of the world's largest peasant economy into ';socialist modernity,' otherwise known as collectivization, regardless of the cost.
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Stephen Kotkin
Stalin - Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for Siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life.
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Stephen Kotkin
Armageddon Averted
Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue-bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse-this compact, original, and engaging book offers the definitive account of one of the great historical events of the last fifty years.
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Bruce Allen Elleman
Stephen Kotkin
Bruce Allen Elleman
Mongolia in the Twentieth Century
The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners - no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia itself has been the object of imperial rivalry.
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Bruce (US Naval War College, USA) Elleman
Bruce Elleman
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Clive Schofield
Beijing's Power and China's Borders
China shares borders with 20 other countries. Each of these neighbors has its own national interests, and in some cases, these include territorial and maritime jurisdictional claims in places that China also claims.
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