In his later years, Ioseb Jughashvili, or Joseph Stalin, the self-styled “Man of Steel,” was a physical wreck. Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, rendered lame his left hand. Rheumatoid ...

Joseph Stalin: National hero or cold-blooded murderer? document Joseph Stalin: National hero or cold-blooded murderer? Stalin’s name meant "man of steel" and he lived up to it.