Stephen Kotkin

A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard 'The second volume of what will surely rank as one of the greatest historical achievements of our age ... The War and Peace

Well before 1929, Stalin had achieved dictatorial power over the Soviet empire, but now he decided that the largest peasant economy in the world would be transformed into socialist modernity, whatever it took. What it took, and what Stalin

The magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world 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 ga

Dwadzieścia lat temu doszło do 'Jesieni Ludów'. Na podstawie trzech różnych rodzajów rewolucji – w Polsce, NRD i Rumunii, gdzie polała się krew – książka analizuje mechanizmy ostatecznego upadku komunistycznych władz. Autorzy udowadniają te