Conversations With Stalin
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- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2014
Summary
Written by a Communist insider, a candid portrait of one of the most dangerous men in history. This extraordinarily vivid and unnerving book details three meetings held with Stalin during and after the Second World War. Djilas brilliantly describes the dictator in his lair - cunning, cruel, enormously talented. Few books give as clear a sense of what made Stalin such a compelling figure and how he was able to hypnotise and terrify those around him. Djilas also describes the key members of Sta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141393094 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141393092 |
| Author: | Milovan Djilas, Anne Applebaum |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Milovan Djilas
Milovan Djilas (1911-95) was Tito’s key lieutenant in the brutal partisan war against the German and Italian occupiers of Yugoslavia. His missions to Moscow aligned the Yugoslav Communist Party with the USSR, with his final mission in 1948 failing to prevent the break between Stalin and Tito. He was Vice President of Yugoslavia but became increasingly remote from a regime which he felt had betrayed the ideals of the party. His two major books, The New Class (1957) and Conversations with Stalin (1962), enraged Tito and resulted in his spending altogether some nine years in prison. His writings made him a central dissident figure during the Cold War. He continued to live in Belgrade until his death.
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