{"product_id":"stalin-and-togliatti-elena-agarossi-9780804774321","title":"Stalin and Togliatti: Italy and the Origins of the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStalin and Togliatti\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the dependence of the Italian Communist Party on Soviet decisionmaking in the early Cold War and the willingness of Stalin to sacrifice the interests of the Italian Communist Party to Soviet foreign interests. It explores the connection between the domestic Italian politics and the international affairs during the final phases of the Second World War and in the first years of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors employ previously classified documents in Russian and Italian archives, including reports to Stalin on the virtually daily meetings of Palmiro Togliatti, head of the Italian Communist Party, with Soviet diplomats. This recent, post-revisionist scholarship underscores the role of Stalin's ambitions and their incompatibility with liberal-democratic systems in the development of the Cold War. Stalin and Togliatti come out as shrewd politicians, implacable enemies of the capitalist West, yet acutely aware of the limits of their power. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStalin and Togliatti\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation and expansion of a prizewinning book published in Italian in 1997 and updated in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elena Agarossi, Victor Zaslavsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804774323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804774321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011","brand":"Elena Agarossi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44254739103999,"sku":"9780804774321","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f1abbab-8ebc-45c1-8ec6-25a42b03e133.jpg?v=1694614097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stalin-and-togliatti-elena-agarossi-9780804774321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}