Stalin: Man of Contradiction by Kenneth Cameron - 1989

Stevenage, Herts, UK: The Strong Oak Press, 1989 The Strong Oak Press, Stevenage, Herts, UK. 1989. Hardcover. First Edition by Strong Oak. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant bumping to head, tail, and lower front tip. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing to panels. Brown paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 203 pp 8vo. The author tries in this book to give a balanced view of Stalin to offset the monstrous one that currently in vogue. To do this the author attempts such an evaluation, emphasizing the contradiction between Stalin's political thinking and is metaphysical philosophizing, between his great practical achievements, and is failures as a Marxist theorist. This book traces his career from his young days as a romantic poet in his native Georgia to his firm conduct of the war against Nazi Germany. The book examines his early revolutionary career, his international policies, and Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin. A clean Very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.