Robert C. Tucker Biography

Robert Tucker was a scholar of Marxism and the Soviet Union whose studies were deeply shaped by personal experience. After his time at Harvard, his work as a translator for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow profoundly influenced his academic path, particularly his inability to secure an exit visa for his future wife upon his return to the United States. This pivotal experience spurred his continued research into the ideologies and historical figures of the era. Tucker authored numerous books on Marxism and Stalinism, notably a two-volume biography of Joseph Stalin that employed a psychological lens to explicate how Stalin attained and wielded power.