Stalin in Power

In the second volume of Robert C. Tucker's biography of Joseph Stalin, the author explores Stalin's transformation of Soviet Russia from 1929 onwards, detailing his aggressive policies aimed at building military-industrial strength and his coercion of 25 million peasant families into state-run collectives. Tucker provides a fresh analysis of Stalin's alliances, including the controversial pact with Hitler, and examines the terror of the 1930s, characterizing it as a complex and significant period in history marked by profound autocracy and imperial revival.