William Tyler
- Jun 4, 2021
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Stalin: A short booklist

Russia								Martin Sixsmith
A one volume history of Russia through the centuries
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar			Simon Sebag Montefiore
Comprehensive
Titans of History						Simon Sebag Montefiore
Contains an excellent short biographical essay on Stalin
Hitler and Stalin						Laurence Rees
Rees' latest publication
Behind Closed Doors					Laurence Rees
Stalin, The Nazis, and The West
Red Famine							Anne Applebaum
One of my favourite historians writing on 'Stalin's War on Ukraine'
The Great Terror						Robert Conquest
Stalin								Robert Service
Stalin								Albert Marrin

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