This is the first complete biography of Maxim Litvinov, a Bolshevik
revolutionary who began his professional life running guns into
Tsarist Russia and eventually became the leading Soviet diplomat in
the turbulent 1930s. His was a spectacular career, spanning some of
the most dramatic decades of the twentieth century and including an
unsuccessful effort to contain Hitler with the cooperation of the
Western Allies. Litvinov's subsequent replacement as Soviet foreign
minister by Molotov in 1939 signaled the dramatic shift in Soviet
foreign policy that led directly to the outbreak of World War II.
After the war, Litvinov's final public act was to bluntly warn the
West of the danger presented by Stalin's cold war policies-a threat
Litvinov even dared to compare with that posed by Hitler a decade
earlier. Litvinov's career ended in the relative obscurity from
which it had sprung, his consistently pro-Western policies no
longer consonant with the reemerging Soviet hostility toward the
West. Passing away from remarkably natural causes in 1951, Litvinov
left behind a political legacy that lay dormant for forty years
until its recent revival by Mikhail Gorbachev. Between the
Revolution and the West is based on extensive research in the
Soviet Union and the West, including previously unavailable
archives and interviews with Litvinov's friends and family. Hugh
Phillips' work casts light not only on Litvinov the man but also on
Soviet foreign policy during crucial and dramatic times.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2019 |
First published: |
1992 |
Authors: |
Hugh D. Phillips
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-00427-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-367-00427-5 |
Barcode: |
9780367004279 |
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