Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the holiday dinner: 8 November 1932 -- Part one: the wonderful time; Stalin and Nadya, 1878-1932 -- Part two: the jolly fellows: Stalin and Kirov, 1932-1943 -- Part three: on the brink, 1934-1936 -- Part four: Yezhov the Prison Dwarf, 1937-1938 -- Part five: slaughter: Beria arrives, 1938-1939 -- Part six: the great game: Hitler and Stalin, 1939-1941 -- Part seven: War: the bungling genius, 1941-1942 -- Part eight: War: the triumphant genius, 1942-1945 -- Part nine: the dangerous game of succession, 1945-1949 -- Part ten: the lame tiger, 1959-1953.
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The life and times Joseph Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 until he died on 5 March 1953.