Title: Excellent Layman's Introduction to Russian History
Product review: What else to say? Those familiar with Harold Lamb will no doubt offer a positive review. This book, like several of Lamb's other paperbacks, is a condensed version of an important part of the history of the Western world, mostly ignored by Americans. Josef Stalin's atrocities have typically been blamed on that universal scapegoat of the Joe McCarthy/Ronald Reagan era of America, communism, but nothing could be further from the truth. Stalin's behavior was thoroughly consistent with historic Russian rulers going back to Genghis Khan himself. This book clarifies that, and more importantly the notable similarities between the histories of Russia and of the United States. Highly recommended.
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