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Khrushchev

A Political Life

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. William J. Tompson
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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Donbass Bolshevik

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 1-28

  3. The City Father

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 29-59

  4. The Viceroy

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 60-85

  5. The Counter-heir

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 86-113

  6. First among Equals

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 114-142

  7. Dethroning Stalin

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 143-173

  8. Khrushchev Triumphant

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 174-199

  9. Frustration

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 200-228

  10. From Crisis to Crisis

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 229-256

  11. The Fall

    • William J. Tompson
    Pages 257-285

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 286-341
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Khrushchev: A Political Life traces the rise and fall of the late Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Drawing on newly available archival materials and a wealth of recently published Russian and Ukrainian sources, this standard biography provides much new information on Khrushchev's life and career. Khrushchev's ultimate failure to realise his vision of the Soviet future is linked to the unrealistic optimism of that vision as well as to the contradictions inherent in Khrushchev's views and policies.

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'a vivid startling biography ... drawing on a wealth of untapped material from Moscow archives ... This reassessment makes a cogent case for Khrushchev's regime as a harbinger of Gorbachev's perestroika' - Publishers Weekly

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