windy24 t1_islkk1p wrote on October 16, 2022 at 9:57 PM

Not sure why you’re comparing Hitler to Stalin, they were nothing alike.

historical and dialectical materialism by Joseph Stalin

the foundations of Leninism by Joseph Stalin

anarchism or socialism? by Joseph Stalin

another view of Stalin by ludo martens

AdmiralAkbar1 t1_islocva wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:24 PM

Presumably he was just using Mein Kampf as a shorthand for "autobiography and ideological treatise by a dictator".

wjbc t1_islm065 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:07 PM

Stalin didn’t write his own memoir. He did write some books about politics but they weren’t personal. He didn’t like to advertise his Georgian origins.

The best biographies were written after the Cold War ended and historians had access to government files. The best one I’ve seen is Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Sour_TheDevourer OP t1_islm3sa wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:08 PM

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