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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.
The complete diaries that Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London,
kept between 1932 and 1943 Confiscated by Soviet authorities in the
1950s, the diaries of Ivan Maisky, the USSR's ambassador to Great
Britain from 1932 to 1943, have been unearthed, annotated, and
edited for publication in a three-volume set that Niall Ferguson
predicts "will stand as one of the great achievements of
twenty-first century historical scholarship." Maisky's revelations
illuminate Soviet foreign policy in the years prior to and during
World War II, providing fascinating perspectives on London's
political life and climate, key figures and events, and the Kremlin
rivalries that influenced Soviet policy. Volume 1: The Rise of
Hitler and the Gathering Clouds of War, 1932-1938 Volume 2: The
Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and the Battle of Britain, 1939-1940 Volume
3: The German Invasion of Russia and the Forging of the Grand
Alliance, 1941-19
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