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The Stalin Cult: A Study in the Alchemy of Power (The Yale-Hoover Series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War) Hardcover – January 17, 2012

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  • Series: The Yale-Hoover Series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War
  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press; y First edition edition (January 17, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0300169523
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300169522
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Often Chilling Look at History's Greatest 'Cult of Personality'
By A. A. Nofi on July 25, 2013
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'A meticulous look at the complex "cult of personality" built around the Soviet dictator during his three decades of power. Making comparisons with other dictators, and even some democratic leaders. Plamper strongly argues that the Stalin cult was perhaps the most well-crafted and most carefully managed in history. For example, the promotion of Stalin's image varied depending upon the degree to he wished to hog or share credit for political, economic, and military developments. Plamper often plunges into quite interesting detail, such as variations in Stalin's apparent age in portraits or propaganda posters, changes in his clothing, and, in a trait he shared with fellow-dictator Hitler, the wearing of just a single medal. A carefully researched, well reasoned, often chilling, and occasionally amusing, look at the iconography of power that throws much light on the man and his regime.'

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