A disturbing glimpse into the manipulation of photographs for political advancement by Joseph Stalin includes instances of this happening throughout his reign, illustrated with reproductions of the actual doctored photographs. 15,000 first printing.
Author(s): David King
Edition: 1
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 192
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Introduction: Heavy Soviet Losses
A Ghostly Pillar
A Gray Blur
Problems of Propaganda
Terrible Retribution
Is it a Plane?
Lenin’s Mad Dog / Gross Vilification
Old Bolsheviks
The Commisar Vanishes
Ghost Train
Chapayev: The Legend Continues
Civil War Heroes
Trouble in the Caucasus
Band of Stereotypes
Practically Extinct
The Inflatable Log
Crowd Control
Planning the World Revolution
The Children Kashino
Enemy of the People
The Stalin School of Petrification
Basic Rules of Photography
Not to be Reproduced
The Canonization of Lenin
Hollywood, USSR
Long-Term Friendships
Four, Three, Two, One …
A Savage Attack on the Working Class
Cruel Moscow
The Boss
Older and Wiser
Soviet Citizens
Murderers / Assassins
Architectural Retouching
Warm Welcome in Red Square
Ten Years of Uzbekistan
Stalin’s Old Friend
The Executives’ Exit
Soviet Tailoring in the 1930s
Denouced by a Jealous Designer
Look for An Enemy!
Workers of the World, Unite!
Unforgettable Moment
Higher and Higher!
A Swift Exit
On Guard
Drowned in Blood
Jealousy and Revenge
Earth in Turmoil
Born Again
Stalin’s Signature
Victory!
Missing from Potsdam
Red Star over the Kremlin
Death is not the End
Blubbery Henchman
Ghostwriter
The Losing Finalists
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
