The second edition of a bestselling pamphlet Stalin and Stalinism has been fully updated to take in new debates and controversies which have emerged since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Considering the ways in which Stalins legacy still affects attitudes in and towards postSoviet Russia Stalin and Stalinism examines Stalins ambiguous personal and political legacy his achievements and his crimes all now the subject of major reappraisal both in the West and in the former Soviet Union.