Stalin and Togliatti
Author | : Elena Aga Rossi |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:30000127765349 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Stalin and Togliatti written by Elena Aga Rossi and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors employ previously classified documents in Russian and Italian archives, including reports to Stalin on the virtually daily meetings of Palmiro Togliatti, head of the Italian Communist Party, with Soviet diplomats. This recent, post-revisionist scholarship underscores the role of Stalin's ambitions and their incompatibility with liberal-democratic systems in the development of the Cold War. Stalin and Togliatti come across as shrewd politicians, implacable enemies of the capitalist West, yet acutely aware of the limits of their power.