Sarah Davies - Stalin’s World: Dictating the Soviet Order

STALIN'S WORLD

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Davies, Sarah (Sarah Rosemary)

Stalin's world: dictating the Soviet order / Sarah Davies and James Harris.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-300-18281-1 (hardback : alkaline paper)

1. Stalin, Joseph, 18791953Political and social views. 2. Stalin, Joseph, 18791953Language. 3. Political leadershipSoviet UnionHistory. 4. CommunismSoviet UnionPhilosophy. 5. Political cultureSoviet UnionHistory. 6. Heads of stateSoviet UnionBiography. 7. DictatorsSoviet UnionBiography. 8. Soviet UnionPolitics and government19171936. 9. Soviet UnionPolitics and government19361953. I. Harris, James R., 1964 II. Title.

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FOR LOUIS AND ALICE

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This project has been aided by many individuals and organizations over the course of its long gestation. The original research was supported by grants from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and research leave funded by Durham University and the University of Leeds. We received invaluable research assistance from Larissa Malashenko of the Russian State Archive for Social and Political History (RGASPI) and Vladimir Nevezhin of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IRI RAN). The staff of RGASPI, RGVA, and AVP RF went to great lengths to facilitate the research process. A number of colleagues have generously offered various forms of assistance, from commenting on written drafts and conference papers to supplying us with copies of their forthcoming publications. We are particularly grateful to Jorg Baberowski, David Brandenberger, William Chase, R. W. Davies, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Arch Getty, Wendy Goldman, Yoram Gorlizki, Paul Hagenloh, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Matthew Lenoe, Joe Maiolo, Jan Plamper, David Priestland, Arfon Rees, Alfred Rieber, Gabor Rittersporn, David Shearer, Ronald Suny, Lynne Viola, and the anonymous readers for Yale University Press. The criticisms, comments, and advice have improved the volume. Errors, omissions, and other faults remain the responsibility of the authors. Finally, we would like to thank Vadim Staklo, Christina Tucker, and Mary Pasti of Yale University Press for their unflagging support for this project.

An abridged version of chapter 3 was published as Encircled by Enemies: Stalin's Perceptions of the Capitalist World, 19181941 in the Journal of Strategic Studies 3 (2007). It is reprinted here with permission of the journal. Some sections of chapter 4 were published in Balazs Apor, Jan C. Behrends, Polly Jones, and E. A. Rees, eds., The Leader Cult in Communist Dictatorships: Stalin and the Eastern Bloc (Basingstoke, England, 2004). They are reprinted here with the permission of Palgrave Macmillan.

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