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The Maisky Diaries - The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London (Paperback) Loot Price: R569
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The Maisky Diaries - The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London (Paperback): Ivan Maisky

The Maisky Diaries - The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London (Paperback)

Ivan Maisky; Edited by Gabriel Gorodetsky

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Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A remarkable exception is the unique diary assiduously kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador to London between 1932 and 1943. This selection from Maisky's diary, never before published in English, grippingly documents Britain's drift to war during the 1930s, appeasement in the Munich era, negotiations leading to the signature of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, Churchill's rise to power, the German invasion of Russia, and the intense debate over the opening of the second front. Maisky was distinguished by his great sociability and access to the key players in British public life. Among his range of regular contacts were politicians (including Churchill, Chamberlain, Eden, and Halifax), press barons (Beaverbrook), ambassadors (Joseph Kennedy), intellectuals (Keynes, Sidney and Beatrice Webb), writers (George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells), and indeed royalty. His diary further reveals the role personal rivalries within the Kremlin played in the formulation of Soviet policy at the time. Scrupulously edited and checked against a vast range of Russian and Western archival evidence, this extraordinary narrative diary offers a fascinating revision of the events surrounding the Second World War.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2016
Authors: Ivan Maisky
Editors: Gabriel Gorodetsky
Dimensions: 215 x 139 x 46mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 632
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-22170-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 0-300-22170-3
Barcode: 9780300221701

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