This book studies the way in which the top leadership in the Soviet
Union changed over time from 1917 until the collapse of the country
in 1991. Its principal focus is the tension between individual
leadership and collective rule, and it charts how this played out
over the life of the regime. The strategies used by the most
prominent leader in each period - Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev,
Brezhnev and Gorbachev - to acquire and retain power are
counterposed to the strategies used by the other oligarchs to
protect themselves and sustain their positions. This is analyzed
against the backdrop of the emergence of norms designed to
structure oligarch politics. The book will appeal to students and
scholars interested in the fields of political leadership, Soviet
politics and Soviet history.
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