1917-1936

Offers a new interpretation of Lenin as a totalitarian leader who laid the groundwork for the cruelty and excesses of the Soviet state.

Examines the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes, describing how the killings were more widespread than many believed, and explores how those crimes influenced other events in modern history.

Details Stalin's reign as the leader of the Soviet Union, focusing on his network of concentration camps, the Gulag.

Presents a re-examination of Stalinism in light of the collapse of the Soviet Union, exploring the Russian Revolution and the Soviet State in the years between 1917 and 1929, and looking at three specific periods in the history of Stalinism. Includes a selection of documents.

Examines the events in the Soviet Union during the era of Lenin and the aftermath of his death.

Examines the two views of Lenin; one as a man of vision and genius, and a second view as ruthless, fanatical, and cruel. Which was he?.

Examines the events which brought the Bolsheviks into power in Russian in 1917.

Presents an introduction to the forty year history of Stalin's Russia, including biographical information on the key players, Tsarism, the legacy of Lenin, and the effects and experiences of those living under Stalin's rule.

Provides a detailed account of the three main European dictatorships in the period between 1919 and 1945, exploring Stalinism, Fascism, and Nazism and the effects each had on European history.