Stalin: Breaker of Nations

Nima Jalali

Major Ideas

• Stalin used cult-like tactics in order to sway public opinion and gather public support for his causes.

• Stalin was among one of the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution.

• Stalin managed to allocate large amounts of power, thus enabling him to eliminate his enemies.

Themes

• The competence of the ruler is in the eyes of the beholder, some viewed Stalin as a tyrant while some viewed him as a hero.

• Tyranny most often leads to a discontent general public.

Events

• The Iron Curtain and the Eastern Bloc

• The Potsdam Conference

• The Moscow Conference

• Conference at Yalta