Khrushchev: Political Leaders Of The Twentieth Century
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
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Few figures in modern history embody the turbulent contradictions of the twentieth century quite like Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev — a peasant's son who rose to command the Soviet empire, denounced Stalin's reign of terror, and then found himself ousted by the very system he sought to reform. Mark Frankland's Khrushchev, published as part of the acclaimed Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century series, presents a rigorous and absorbing portrait of the Soviet Premier whose tenure defined the most dangerous decades of the Cold War, from the Hungarian uprising to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Frankland, a seasoned foreign correspondent with firsthand experience reporting from Moscow, brings a journalist's sharp eye and a historian's discipline to bear on his subject, illuminating Khrushchev not merely as a political actor but as a profoundly human figure — bombastic, cunning, idealistic, and ultimately tragic. The biography chronicles the arc of a man who genuinely believed he could humanise communism, only to be consumed by its machinery. Written with clarity and authority, this study leaves the reader questioning whether any individual, however powerful, can truly bend the course of an ideological empire to their will.
Author: Mark Frankland
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in modern history embody the turbulent contradictions of the twentieth century quite like Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev — a peasant's son who rose to command the Soviet empire, denounced Stalin's reign of terror, and then found himself ousted by the very system he sought to reform. Mark Frankland's Khrushchev, published as part of the acclaimed Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century series, presents a rigorous and absorbing portrait of the Soviet Premier whose tenure defined the most dangerous decades of the Cold War, from the Hungarian uprising to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Frankland, a seasoned foreign correspondent with firsthand experience reporting from Moscow, brings a journalist's sharp eye and a historian's discipline to bear on his subject, illuminating Khrushchev not merely as a political actor but as a profoundly human figure — bombastic, cunning, idealistic, and ultimately tragic. The biography chronicles the arc of a man who genuinely believed he could humanise communism, only to be consumed by its machinery. Written with clarity and authority, this study leaves the reader questioning whether any individual, however powerful, can truly bend the course of an ideological empire to their will.