Edvard Radzinsky Book on Stalin

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Anybody ever read this one?

The guy's book is apparently in Russian.

Edvard Radzinsky Stalin : The First In-depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia's Secret Archives (1997) ISBN 0-385-47954-9

Edvard Stanislavovich Radzinsky (Russian: Эдвард Станиславович Радзинский) (b. September 29, 1936, Moscow) is a Russian writer, playwright, TV personality, and author of numerous film screenplays.

His publications

Since the 1990s, Radzinsky has written books for the series Mysteries of History. He is the author of the book Stalin: The First In-Depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents From Russia's Secret Archives, which describes the early struggle for power in the Kremlin after Lenin's death. For example, he conjectures that there was a fuller text of Lenin's Testament, which is reflected in the posthumously published recollections of an émigré in New York. He describes the poisoning of Stalin by associates of Lavrentiy Beria, based on the interviews of former body guards of Stalin and other evidence. He also brings to light documents supporting the hypothesis of Viktor Suvorov that Stalin planned to use Nazi Germany as a proxy (the "Icebreaker"), against the West and then "liberate" Europe from Nazi occupation.

In his review on the Radzinsky's "Stalin: The First In-Depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia's Secret Archives" David Brandenberger points out that this book "is essentially a compilation of fact, opinion and gossip already in circulation for decades", and that this book is far inferior to the books of other authors e.g. O. V. Khlevnyuk, Lars Lih, Stephen Kotkin, and Robert W. Thurston.[1].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Radzinsky

[Helphand]

I wonder if the book resolves the age old mystery of whether Stalin himself was a JEW. Apologies for the (mis)spelling but the name Djushagvili or Jewson as a surname comes to mind...