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The Split in Stalin's Secretariat, 1939-1948 (Hardcover)
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The Split in Stalin's Secretariat, 1939-1948 (Hardcover)
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Jonathan Harris demonstrates that the leaders of Stalin's
Secretariat clashed sharply over the nature of the Communist
party's "leadership" of the Soviet state in the period between 1939
and 1948. The term "party leadership" is generally misunderstood;
it does not refer to the activities of the party as a whole, but to
the efforts of its full time officials (the "inner party") to
direct the activities of the members of the party who manned the
Soviet state (the "outer party"). This study argues that A. Zhdanov
and G. Malenkov, the two junior Secretaries of the CC/VKP(B) who
directed the two major bureaucratic divisions of the Secretariat
for most of the period under review, supported diametrically
opposed conceptions of the leadership to be provided by the party's
officials. A. Zhdanov argued that they should give priority to the
ideological education of all members of the party and should allow
the Communists who manned the state considerable autonomy in their
administration of the five-year plans. In direct contrast, G.
Malenkov, who directed the cadres directorate for most of the
period under review, had little sympathy for ideological education
and urged party officials to engage in close and detailed direction
of the Communists who directly administered the five-year plans.
This study contends that it is possible to illustrate this
never-ending conflict by a careful examination of the public
discussion of this issue in the various publications controlled by
the major divisions of the Secretariat. When examined in
conjunction with recently published archival materials, it is
possible to pinpoint the linkages between the leadership conflict
within the Secretariat, the shifts in the ongoing public
discussion, and Stalin's role as the final arbiter in the dispute.
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