Who Is Joseph Stalin An Authoritarian

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The personality of authoritarians will always exert more influence on its nation’s policies compared to a democratic leader, where the power is shared. This renders Stalin’s behavior and actions more vital to historical explanation. (Kleinman, p.390) Stalin also had more power over his policies and never experienced domestic pressure, like US leaders did. We do not know if it was because of social alienation, technological innovation or economic desperation that made people susceptible to great authoritarians that resulted in tyranny. (Gaddis, p.293) Gaddis argues that he “find[s] it increasingly difficult, given what we know now, to imagine the Soviet Union or the Cold War without Stalin.” (Gaddis, p.293) Observing further that there was no

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