Stalin: Revolutionary in an Era of War (European History in Perspective)
"McDermott offers us a well-written and judicious consideration of the most prominent historical debates about the personality of Stalin, his contributions to the demise of NEP and the evolution of the Five-Year Plans, his role in the elaboration of Terror, his statesmanship during World War II, and the development of Soviet foreign policies during the Cold War." -Choi Chatterjee, California State University, Los Angeles