Author: Kershaw, Ian ; & Lewin, Moshe ; editors:
Title: Stalinism and Nazism : Dictatorships in Comparison
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2009). Reprint. orig.boards. 24x15cm, xii,369 pp. An ink mark to bottom page-edge.. A small (½cm) chip & tear to front exterior hinge. VG. ¶ The internationally distinguished contributors to this landmark volume represent a variety of approaches to the Nazi and Stalinist regimes. These far-reaching essays provide the raw materials towards a comparative analysis and offer the means to deepen and extend research in the field. The first section highlights similarities and differences in the leadership cults at the heart of the dictatorships. The second section moves to the 'war machines' engaged in the titanic clash of the regimes between 1941 and 1945. A final section surveys the shifting interpretations of successor societies as they have faced up to the legacy of the past. Combined, the essays presented here offer unique perspectives on the most violent and inhumane epoch in modern European history" - publisher's description. [Contents: Introduction: the regimes and their dictators: perspectives of comparison; The Two Dictatorships: Stalin and his Stalinism: power and authority in the Soviet Union 1930-1953; Bureaucracy and the Stalinist state; Cumulative radicalisation and progressive self-destruction: structural determinants of the Nazi dictatorship; 'Working towards the Führer': reflections on the nature of the Hitler dictatorship; The contradictions of continuous revolution; The War Machines: The economics of war in the Soviet Union during World War II;Stalin, the Red Army, and the great patriotic war; From Blitzkrieg to total war: controversial links between image and reality; The Big Debates: Work, gender and everyday life: reflections on continuity, normality and

Keywords: Comparative Totalitarianism, Political History, Politics, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Nazism, Dictatorships, Communism, Stalin Stalinism, Communist