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Well, Stalin was also 14 years older than Tito.

• lostlogin 5y ago
  He was an incredible man. A megalomaniac, pathologically violent tyrant, and it's one hell of a life he led. The accounts of his behaviour are just horrifying. I can't recommend the various books on him by Simon Sebag Montefiore enough (and also his book on Jerusalem, and the one on the Romanovs, but that's off topic). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826564.Young_Stalin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826564.Young_Stalin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/282108.Stalin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/282108.Stalin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9477628-jerusalem https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9477628-jerusalem https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/21094391-the-romanovs https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/21094391-the-romanovs
  • panick21_ 5y ago
    Montefiore is a great one for telling the best story instead of the correct one. Much of his first book is based on sources known to be fabricated. I would recommend Kotkin's Stalin biography instead.
    • lostlogin 5y ago
      Thanks for this.