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The Last Days of Stalin

A gripping account of the months before and after Stalin`s death and how his demise reshaped the course of twentieth-century history Joshua 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.Rubenstein throws fresh light on* the devious plotting of Beria, Malenkov, Khrushchev, and other “comrades in arms” who well understood the significance of the dictator`s impending death;* the witness-documented events of his death as compared to official published versions;* Stalin`s rumored plans to forcibly exile Soviet Jews;* the responses of Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles to the Kremlin`s conciliatory gestures after Stalin`s death; and* the momentous repercussions when Stalin`s regime of terror was cut short.

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