Format:
XV, 346 S. :
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0-674-45531-2
Content:
Using recently uncovered archival materials, personal interviews, and a broad familiarity with Russian history and culture, two young Russian historians have written a major interpretation of the Cold War as seen from the Soviet shore
Content:
Covering the volatile period from 1945 to 1962, Zubok and Pleshakov explore the personalities and motivations of the key people who directed Soviet political life and shaped Soviet foreign policy. They begin with the fearsome figure of Joseph Stalin, who was driven by the dual dream of a Communist revolution and a global empire. They reveal the scope and limits of Stalin's ambitions by taking us into the world of his closest subordinates, the ruthless and unimaginative foreign minister Molotov and the Party's chief propagandist, Zhdanov, a man brimming with hubris and missionary zeal. The authors expose the machinations of the much-feared secret police chief Beria and the party cadre manager Malenkov, who tried but failed to set Soviet policies on a different course after Stalin's death
Content:
Finally, they document the motives and actions of the self-made and self-confident Nikita Khrushchev, full of Russian pride and party dogma, who overturned many of Stalin's policies with bold strategizing on a global scale. The authors show how, despite such attempts to change Soviet diplomacy, Stalin's legacy continued to divide Germany and Europe, and led the Soviets to the split with Maoist China and to the Cuban missile crisis
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Law
Keywords:
Außenpolitik
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Außenpolitik
;
Biografie
;
Historische Darstellung
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b2p6-aa
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b2p6-aa
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b2p6-aa
Author information:
Zubok, Vladislav Martinovič 1958-
Author information:
Plešakov, Konstantin V. 1959-
