A Good Stalin/Beria Book

[Zardnaar]

Can anyone recommend a good book on these 2 indiduals. I've heard that Koba the Dread is good. Theres a billion+1 books on a certain german dictators life right down to the color of his underwear on the 31/5/44. I've read some disturbing things on Beria for example and want to learn more.

Cheers
Zard

 

[Serutan]

I haven't read it, but "Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy" is supposed
to be a good one, especially as it was written by a Soviet
general with access to classified archives. I would assume that
Beria would figure in there, too...

 

[Panda]

especially as it was written by a Soviet
general with access to classified archives.

The last time I read a book about WWII written by a Soviet general I learned, among other things, that the Red Army occupied and liberated Finland and Norway.

 

[DexterJ]

Stalin: Triumph And Tragedy is by Dmitri Volkogonov who was a Red Army general. It is good especially because he had access to lots of newly opened archives in Russia. But he is rabidly anti-communist though this is less of an issue than in his books on lenin and trotsky.

Stalin: Breaker of Nations by Robert Conques is good.
Stalin: court of the red tsar by simon sebag monteforde is good for a look at the personel lives of stalin and his entourage.

I have never read any books specifically on Beria but I just had a search on blackwells book store and it came up with these:

Beria, My Father: Inside Stalin's Kremlin Inside Stalin's Kremlin by Beria, Sergo
Beria Stalin's First Lieutenant by Knight, Amy

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Court of the Red Tsar. Beria is featured very prominently, as are other fascinating figures close to Stalin.

 

[bombshoo]

Actually one called simply Stalin, history of a dictator, is good..its by H. Montgomer Hyde..Its alittle outdated but still good. It shows what he thought of other leaders very nice too. Particuarly Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill, Hitler, and Tito...Its mostly Stalin, but Beria, Molotov,Krushchev, and Bulganin are in most of it

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Court of the Red Tsar. Beria is featured very prominently, as are other fascinating figures close to Stalin.

I can recommend it too, it was a very entertaining read - I need help