Stanford–Hoover Series on Authoritarianism

The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping by Joseph Torigian

The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping

Stanford–Hoover Series on Authoritarianism

Joseph Torigian

718 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction biography politics
Stalin's Usable Past A Critical Edition of the 1937 Short History of the USSR by David Brandenberger

Stalin's Usable Past A Critical Edition of the 1937 Short History of the USSR

Stanford–Hoover Series on Authoritarianism

David Brandenberger

472 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history
Secret Leviathan: Secrecy and State Capacity Under Soviet Communism by Mark Harrison

Secret Leviathan: Secrecy and State Capacity Under Soviet Communism

Stanford–Hoover Series on Authoritarianism

Mark Harrison

372 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history politics
The Rise and Fall of the Italian Communist Party: A Transnational History by Silvio Pons

The Rise and Fall of the Italian Communist Party: A Transnational History

Stanford–Hoover Series on Authoritarianism

Silvio Pons

412 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history