Khrushchev: The Years In Power
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing visible on page edges. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact, hardcover binding appears firm. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark work of political biography, Khrushchev: The Years in Power chronicles the rise and rule of Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin and steered the USSR through one of the most turbulent decades of the Cold War. Written by brothers Roy and Zhores Medvedev — two of the Soviet Union's most distinguished dissident historians — the book presents an authoritative insider account of Khrushchev's domestic reforms, his dramatic de-Stalinisation campaign, and the foreign policy crises that defined his tenure. Drawing on rare Soviet sources and personal knowledge, the authors argue that Khrushchev's contradictory legacy — a liberaliser who nonetheless remained bound by the system he sought to reform — shaped the trajectory of the Soviet state for generations. Translated by Andrew R. Durkin, this work remains an indispensable study of mid-twentieth-century Soviet politics, written with scholarly rigour and compelling narrative force.
Author: Roy A. Medvedev And Zhores A. Medvedev
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Oxford University Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing visible on page edges. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact, hardcover binding appears firm. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark work of political biography, Khrushchev: The Years in Power chronicles the rise and rule of Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin and steered the USSR through one of the most turbulent decades of the Cold War. Written by brothers Roy and Zhores Medvedev — two of the Soviet Union's most distinguished dissident historians — the book presents an authoritative insider account of Khrushchev's domestic reforms, his dramatic de-Stalinisation campaign, and the foreign policy crises that defined his tenure. Drawing on rare Soviet sources and personal knowledge, the authors argue that Khrushchev's contradictory legacy — a liberaliser who nonetheless remained bound by the system he sought to reform — shaped the trajectory of the Soviet state for generations. Translated by Andrew R. Durkin, this work remains an indispensable study of mid-twentieth-century Soviet politics, written with scholarly rigour and compelling narrative force.