Stalin, Man of Contradiction

by Kenneth Neill Cameron

Book is in very good condition

Genres: Biography, Politics, Soviet Union, History

190 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1987

Reviews

[Alejandro Contreras · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book if you wanna read about Stalin without redscare propaganda and from a Marxist perspective. The information in this book is very well researched and is used to debunk myths of Stalin and also critique’s Stalin on the mistakes he’s made. I felt that this book had a very objective view on Stalin where he is neither praised nor demonized but simply seen as a person in a newly established nation coming out of a semi feudal, agrarian society and into an industrially competent one through a new economic model of socialism at a time when the world had been recovering from war and heading into another one.

[Julian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gibt einen Überblick über die persönliche, politische Entwicklung Stalins immer im Verhältnis zur Geschichte des Zarenreichs bzw. später der Sowjetunion. Interessant sind gerade die Kritiken Camerons an Stalins Versuchen, den Marxismus-Leninismus weiterzuentwickeln, da Cameron selber Marxist(-Leninist) ist und es sich hier also um eine solidarische Kritik handelt. Trotz seiner teils harschen Kritik an Stalin, schließt Cameron damit, dass Stalin einer der wichtigsten und größten Persönlichkeiten der Menschheitsgeschichte ist und zudem (oder viel eher: weil er) ein überaus fähiger Marxist war, dessen Schwäche nicht in der Anwendung des Marxismus, sondern "bloß" in seiner Weiterentwicklung lag.

[Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

a concise account of the man and his important contributions to the world socialist movement that provides a refreshing counterpoint to the typical bourgeois accounts of the same without lapsing into hagiography. i will say cameron is perhaps a bit too critical regarding some of stalin's theoretical contributions, especially marxism and the national question, but on the whole provides a fair evaluation of stalin's accomplishments and shortcomings

[Jamie Bookboy Fitzpatrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Probably the best I’ve read on Stalin; Mertens and Losurdo are a bit sycophantic. This is critical but fair and is properly well put together