About the Author

Ivo Banac is the Bradford Durfee Professor of History at Yale University.

Reviews

"A unique source of valuable information on events of Stalin's time, including his comments and opinions expressed during informal gatherings with his entourage, of which Dimitrov was a member." Robert C. Tucker, Princeton University "Provides important new insights into Stalin's mind and his foreign policy in the 1930s and '40s." Orlando Figes, Professor of History, Birkbeck College, London University "The Dimitrov diary provides intimate notes and thoughts from the Communist International's best-known personality during its most important period." Tony Judt, New York University