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Isi Stalin Final Kalkir the Court of the Red Tsar pustaka-indo.blogspot.com “Luar biasa…memberi pencerahan yang benar-benar menyegarkan pada era ini.” —Antony Beevor, Daily Telegraph “Karya puncak yang kuat ini mengamuk dengan kibasan humor hitam... Detail-detail personalnya mengesankan.” —Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday “Buku yang mencengangkan ini.... [Montefiore] berkonsentrasi, sebagaimana seharusnya setiap sejarawan yang baik, pada pelebaran batas-batas pengetahuan tentang pokok bahasan... [Dia] memberikan detail yang kaya tentang kehidupan sehari-hari dan hubungan-hubungan keluarga dalam sebuah dunia nilai-nilai manusia... yang jungkir balik... secara cermat adil dalam cara menggambarkan kualitas-kualitas Stalin—termasuk kemampuannya menyenangkan orang, penguasaannya yang ajaib tentang isu-isu geopolitik, caranya yang brilian dalam menangani negarawan-negarawan asing dan hasratnya yang murni pada sastra.” —Antony Beevor, Sunday Times “Uraiannya yang hebat dan mengerikan tentang Stalin... jarang gambaran itu ditempatkan dalam fokus yang lebih tajam dari yang dilakukan Sebag Montefiore. Ini sebagian karena wawancaranya yang cermat dengan anak-anak dari mereka yang selamat dan upayanya yang mengagumkan dalam mengombinasikan sejarah dan gosip sehingga orang bisa melihat banalitas yang mengerikan, kekasaran brutal orang-orang yang secara ceroboh mengirim berjuta-juta orang menuju kematian tanpa makna.” —Alistair Horne, The Times “Potret yang bagus sekali ini... Simon Sebag Montefiore telah menambang lapisan- lapisan kaya dari penulisan Rusia mutakhir tentang masa Stalin dan dari arsip-arsip yang baru dibuka untuk memberi kita sebuah sejarah yang intim... Kehidupan elite Soviet yang mencekik dan berimpitan di sekitar Kremlin dipaparkan secara luar biasa, dalam sebagian dari paragraf-paragraf sastrawi paling mencengangkan di buku ini... Menyodorkan keseimbangan antara narasi politik dan biografi personal adalah pekerjaan yang sulit... Montefiore menjaga keduanya dalam perspektif... sebuah potret yang luar biasa kaya dan menggetarkan dari elite Stalinis yang hidup dalam bayang-bayang kemegahan yang nyata dan berbahaya.” —Richard Overy, Literary Review “Setiap orang di Westminster telah membaca [Stalin] dalam masa kepemimpinan yang bergejolak ini. Saya telah bertemu dengan para menteri Buruh dan pendukung Tory (Partai Konservatif) yang terhuyung-huyung dari kisah-kisahnya... membaca buku ini sebagai tips tentang bagaimana menjadi sebuah mesin perang yang efisien... Setiap orang menyerang Stalin.” —Alice Thomson, Daily Telegraph “Membaca ini atau menghadapi Siberia sosial... sebuah perpaduan yang sukses. Secara akademis dan intelektual cermat, ini juga sebuah bacaan yang mengesankan... perlu seorang penulis besar untuk menjadikannya tampak segar. Dan Sebag Montefiore jelas telah berhasil melakukannya... Prestasi terbesar Sebag Montefiore adalah “memanusiakan” Stalin. Paman Joe adalah seorang pembunuh massal dan seorang psikopat paranoid. Tapi dia juga menyenangkan, akrab dan nakal.” —100 Best Things in the World Right Now, GQ magazine “Sangat luar biasa brilian.” —Andrew Marr, Daily Telegraph “Istimewa… Buku ini seperti sebuah novel besar Rusia yang penuh dengan karakter, warna, teror, semangat dan pengkhianatan… hubungan asmara, pernikahan, perceraian, pemenjaraan dan pembunuhan.” —Susannah Tarbush, Al-Hayat “Studi Montefiore yang bagus sekali tentang Stalin dan rengrengannya memberikan potret personal terbaik saat ini tentang orang itu dan kelompoknya.” —Daniel Beer, Jewish Chronicle “Montefiore telah berhasil memasuki pikiran pembunuh massal terburuk abad ke-20. Apa yang dia temukan di sana akan memengaruhi pandangan Anda tentang watak manusia… sebuah buku yang bijak dari seorang sarjana kelas satu, di samping sebuah narasi yang memukau… semuanya… diciptakan secara apik dengan prosa Montefiore yang jenaka dan pedas.” —Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph “Pemaparan luar biasa tentangpustaka-indo.blogspot.com kejahatan—amoralitas sempurna—di jantung istana diktator akan mengubah cara sejarawan mendekati masalah-masalah sejarah besar tentang rezim Stalinis.” —Orlando Figes, Sunday Telegraph “Sebuah buku bagus dan penting yang mencengangkan… dia memberikan sebuah ulasan yang benar-benar segar dan menyenangkan tentang salah satu periode sejarah paling gelap.” —Simon Heffer, Country Life “Ini bukan kehidupan kesarjanaan biasa, ini ultra-nyaman bagi pembaca, indah, penuh gosip, dan dikemas dengan pengungkapan-pengungkapan tentang keintiman-keintiman dan intrik-intrik Stalin dan orang-orang istananya. Brilian.” —Evening Standard, Metro Life magazine “Bagi siapa pun yang memiliki minat paling tipis atas sejarah abad ke-20, ini penting, benar-benar menggugah, bacaan yang memikat. Buku ini karya puncak tentang horor.” —Robert Harvey, The Tablet “Saya tadinya tidak berpikir akan mengetahui sesuatu yang baru tentang Stalin, tapi saya salah. Sebuah performa yang menyentak.” —Dr Henry Kissinger “Sebag Montefiore melukis sebuah gambar yang terperinci dan mencengangkan tentang interaksi-interaksi rumit dan intrik-intrik yang mencirikan kehidupan Kremlin di bawah Stalin… [dia] telah melaksanakan tugas yang berharga dalam menarik perhatian kita pada aspek yang masih sedikit ditelusuri sampai sekarang dari Stalinisme. Seperti yang ditunjukkan buku Stalin-nya, hubungan- hubungan personal mereka yang menjalankan Kremlin memberikan dinamika yang penting bagi perkembangan sistem Stalinis.” —Amy Knight, TLS “Uraian yang mencengangkan tentang pemerintahan sang diktator ini… Montefiore memberikan potret yang mengesankan dari orang itu dan lingkaran kekuasaannya… buku ini memberi kita sebuah kilasan yang belum ada presedennya tentang kehidupannya yang mendalam, inti cara kerja pemerintahannya dan hubungan-hubungan antaranggota juntanya, banyak dari mereka tetap menjadi tokoh yang kabur sampai sekarang... Hasilnya adalah sebuah pemahaman yang jauh lebih tajam dan bernuansa dari fenomena Bolshevik dari yang pernah kita miliki sebelumnya. Menggunakan sumber- sumbernya dengan keterampilan hebat, Montefiore telah berhasil menempatkan Stalin dan orang-orangpustaka-indo.blogspot.com Bolshevik dalam konteks masa mereka.” —Marc Lamber, Scotsman “Biografi baru Stalin yang otoritatif ini... Sebag Montefiore membuat sejumlah penonjolan baru yang menarik tentang psikologi Stalin... ditulis dengan bagus; dia jelas memiliki jangkauan yang sangat dahsyat tentang Rusia, dan bisa bekerja dengan baik di negara yang masih sulit itu.” —Lesley Chamberlain, Independent “Montefiore menggerak-majukan ceritanya dengan antusiasme tanpa bernapas... dalam sebuah karya yang sangat penting. Para sarjana akan membacanya karena bukti barunya yang berharga. Yang lain akan menikmatinya sebagai sebuah bacaan memikat yang mencengangkan dan sebuah saga sehari-hari dari dongeng luar biasa Kremlin.” —Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times “Sangat memikat dan awet... [Montefiore]... memiliki ide cemerlang memeriksa surat-surat, telegram-telegram dan buku-buku harian dari teman-teman dekat [Stalin]. Hasilnya, ini adalah sebuah buku yang didasarkan pada riset dasar yang luar biasa... salah satu dari sedikit buku baru tentang Stalinisme yang akan dibaca selama bertahun-tahun mendatang. Setan ada dalam detailnya.” —Robert Service, Guardian “Karya barunya yang spektakuler... Ini adalah sebuah karya yang mengesankan dan menggugah.” —Philip Mansel, Spectator “Sebuah buku yang luar biasa... dia telah berhasil membujuk seluruh generasi dari sedikit perempuan-perempuan tua dan laki-laki sepuh—para istri, cucu-cucu, pembantu, keponakan-keponakan kaki tangan Stalin—untuk memberi dia serangkaian wawancara yang luar biasa dan, dalam beberapa kasus, meminjami dia memoar-memoar tulisan tangan... Bagi siapa pun yang terkesan dengan sifat kejahatan—dan dengan efek-efek dari kekuasaan absolut pada hubungan-hubungan kemanusiaan—buku ini akan memberikan pandangan baru pada setiap halamannya.” —Anne Applebaum, Evening Standard “Montefiore telah bepergian secara ekstensif ke seluruh bekas USSR, mewawancarai orang-orang yang selamat dari era luar biasa ini dan beberapa keturunan dari orang-orang terdekat sang Bos dan mendapatkan akses ke dokumen-dokumen serta foto-foto yang belum dipublikasikan... Hasilnya adalah sebuah kaleidoskop yang memabukkan dari bahan-bahan baru dan terkenal, semuanya menyatu untuk memberikan pandangan baru tentang dunia ganjil kekuasaan Stalin.” —Patrick O’Meara, Irish Independent “Memanfaatkan riset orisinal dalam jumlah yang besar... memberikan gambaran utuh tentang tahun-tahun Stalin dalam detail yang melelahkan... Montefiore... mengungkapkan seorang pria yang, dalam begitu banyak cara, menjadi manusia menakutkan... Montefiore telah berhasil secara brilian menunjukkan bahwa Stalin dan orang-orang istananya adalah manusia yang tertawa, mencintai dan menangis sambil membunuh, menyiksa dan memerkosa.” —Gerard DeGroot, Scotland on Sunday “Sebuah sejarah yang lebih intim, tidak konvensional... Stalin... sebuah hasil riset yang mencengangkan. Hasilnya adalah sebuah gambaran yang apik tentang kehidupan dalam istana pembunuh ini.” —Charlotte Hobson, Daily Telegraph “Sebuah uraian grafis dan sangat mudah dibaca... Montefiore telah menyusun bahan-bahan yang sudah ada, menemukan kesaksian-kesaksian yang telah lama terkubur, bahkan berhasil menginterviu tiga generasi Kremlin yang selamat... Seks dan Kremlin tidak biasanya disebutkan dalam satu kalimat, dan pengungkapan Montefiore sungguh menarik.” —Harold Shukman, Times Higher Educational Supplement “Karya agung Montefiore membeberkan alam detail yang mengesankan cerita dua putra Georgia yang paling terkenal,
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