"Tucker has achieved a real break-through . . . his analysis throws a flood of light into previously obscure corners. . . . Tucker with his analysis of Stalin's personality structure has opened up an enormously promising vein of research," -Robert M. Slusser, American Historical Review
"This towering figure of the twentieth century has hitherto lacked a successful and full-scale biography. The publication of this first volume of a projected trilogy by Robert Tucker marks the beginning of the end of this situation." -Robert H. McNeal, Russian Review