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Khrushchev - The Man And His Era (Hardcover)
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‘Taubman delivers a political and biographical tour de force,
something approaching a definitive work' Simon Sebag-Montefiore,
The Financial Times ‘Outstanding, superbly gripping and surely
definitive’ Daily Telegraph 'Taubman has produced an utterly
convincing picture of the contradictory Khrushchev, from his
peasant origins and meteoric rise, through purges, politburo
plotting, brave de-Stalinisation and the erratic, blustering,
bull-in-a-china-shop style that eventually alienated his colleagues
and took the world to the brink of Armageddon over Cuba' SUNDAY
TIMES ‘Unlikely to be surpassed any time soon either in richness
or complexity . . . [A] monumental biography’ New York Times
William Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of
the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts -- how the boy from a
peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a
single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years
under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin's death and
yet brought the world close to oblivion in the Cuban Missile
Crisis. What emerges is a fascinating picture of a man constantly
torn between benevolence and malevolence -- a man who made himself
cultured and yet who could never really escape his image as a
bullying country bumpkin (most famously demonstrated by his
interruption of Macmillan's speech to the UN in 1960 by banging his
shoe on the table -- the urbane Macmillan responded, 'Mr President,
perhaps we could have a translation, I could not quite follow').
William Taubman has previously edited collections of Nikita
Khrushchev's speeches and reminiscences and is completely immersed
in this subject -- his biography is likely to remain the standard
work for years to come.
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2017 |
Authors: |
William Taubman
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Dimensions: |
242 x 160 x 65mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
876 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4711-7004-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-4711-7004-7 |
Barcode: |
9781471170041 |
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