{"product_id":"2026200015333-secondhand-khrushchev-remembers","title":"Khrushchev Remembers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most explosive political documents of the twentieth century, Khrushchev Remembers grants an unprecedented window into the inner sanctum of Soviet power, narrated by the man who stood at its very centre. Nikita Khrushchev — steelworker's son, Stalin's confidant, and ultimate architect of the Cold War's most nerve-shredding crises — dictates his memoirs with the raw candour of a man unburdened by the pretence of official history, recounting the purges, the power struggles, and the terrifying logic of a superpower locked in ideological combat with the West. Translated by Strobe Talbott and supplemented with an authoritative introduction, commentary, and notes by Edward Crankshaw, the text is framed with rigorous scholarly context that transforms personal recollection into a vital historical document.\n\nWhat distinguishes this remarkable memoir is its dual nature: it is simultaneously a self-serving political testament and an inadvertent confession, revealing as much through its silences and contradictions as through its frank disclosures. Khrushchev's voice — blunt, colourful, and by turns boastful and rueful — illuminates the machinery of Stalinist terror, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the bitter Sino-Soviet split with the authority of an eyewitness who helped shape each event. For historians, Cold War scholars, and general readers alike, this is an essential primary source that leaves one wondering: how much of the truth did he dare to tell?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203202752731,"sku":"2026200015333-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/be2f1cde-d44d-4c9b-af9f-537ca505eeaa.png?v=1788145571","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015333-secondhand-khrushchev-remembers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}