Brain illness could have affected Stalin's actions, secret diaries reveal - Europe, World - The Independent

Brain illness could have affected Stalin's actions, secret diaries reveal - Europe, World - The Independent: "It's one of the great questions of history, and indeed philosophy: what does it take to create a Hitler or a Stalin? What circumstances does it require to produce such evil? Newly released diaries from one of Joseph Stalin's personal doctors suggest that, in Stalin's case, illness could have helped to contribute to the paranoia and ruthlessness of his rule over the Soviet Union."