Andrew Sobanet
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A look at how four French writers of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s contributed to the rise of Stalin in their country and abroad.
Generation Stalin traces Joseph Stalin's rise as a dominant figure in French political culture from the 1930s through the 1950s. Andrew Sobanet brings to light the crucial role French writers played in building Stalin's cult of personality and in disseminating Stalinist propaganda in the international Communist sphere, including...