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DescriptionJoshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower with armed force, and was also broadening a vicious campaign against Soviet Jews. Stalin's sudden collapse and death in March 1953 was as dramatic and mysterious as his life. It is no overstatement to say that his passing marked a major turning point in the twentieth century. The Last Days of Stalin is an engaging, briskly told account of the dictator's final active months, the vigil at his deathbed, and the unfolding of Soviet and international events in the months after his death. Author descriptionJoshua Rubenstein is an associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University. He was an organizer and regional director for Amnesty International USA for thirty-seven years. His previous books include the National Jewish Book Award-winner Stalin's Secret Pogrom, published by Yale University Press. He lives in Brookline, MA. |