{"product_id":"book-1315","title":"Stalin","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the despots of our time, Joseph Stalin lasted the longest and wielded the greatest power, and his secrets have been the most jealously guarded-even after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the first to draw from recently released archives, leading USSR scholar-historian Robert Conquest gives us Stalin as a child and student; as a revolutionary and communist theoretician; as a political animal skilled in amassing power and absolutely ruthless in maintaining it. He presents the landmarks of Stalin's rule: the clash with Lenin, collectivization, the Great Terror, the Nazi-Soviet pact and the Nazi-Soviet war, the anti-Semitic campaign that preceded his death, and the legacy he left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistilling a lifetime's study, weaving detail, analysis, and research, Conquest has given us an extraordinarily powerful narrative of this incredible figure-one of the most enigmatic and terrifying figures of modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49309149692208,"sku":"BD1315","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49309150150960,"sku":"ZE1315","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49309150445872,"sku":"ZM1315","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1315-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775518198","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1315","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}