P R E F A C E
IN THE DAYS WHEN WAR WAS A
fading memory, and heroes, like Charles Lindberg and Amelia
Earhart, established their names in the history books, and people
trusted their leaders, unexpected storm clouds gathered. Two
powerful countries stood upon a perilous precipice.
Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with a cruel hand, his own
neurosis feeding an insatiable hunger for power and control. In
an insane race to compete with world technology, he
implemented one Five Year Plan after another. Farmers were
ripped from their land and forced to labor on collectives.
Others slaved to build factories, modern railroad lines, and
dams. The appalling cost to the Soviets, their lives.
During his twenty-nine-year rule, more than twenty
million Soviet citizens were slaughtered as he fed his need for
dominance. Even those who were loyal and believed in his
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