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William Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts -- how the boy from a peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin's death and yet brought the world close to oblivion in the Cuban Missile Crisis. What emerges is a fascinating picture of a man constantly torn between benevolence and malevolence -- a man who made himself cultured and yet who could never really escape his image as a bullying country bumpkin (most famously demonstrated by his interruption of Macmillan's speech to the UN in 1960 by banging his shoe on the table -- the urbane Macmillan responded, 'Mr President, perhaps we could have a translation, I could not quite follow'). William Taubman has previously edited collections of Nikita Khrushchev's speeches and reminiscences and is completely immersed in this subject -- his biography is likely to remain the standard work for years to come.
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Khrushchev. The Man and his Era, William Taubman
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2003
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Khrushchev. The Man and his Era
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- William Taubman
- Verlag
- Free Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2003
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 896
- ISBN10
- 074323166X
- ISBN13
- 9780743231664
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Historisches Thema, Geschichte, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Politikwissenschaft, Politik, Russland, Politikerbiografien, Kommunismus, Sowjetunion, Kalter Krieg, Russische Geschichte, Totalitäre Regime, Totalitärer Staat, Chruschtschow, 1894-1971
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2003
- Originaltitel
- Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
- Bewertung
- 4,05 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- William Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts -- how the boy from a peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin's death and yet brought the world close to oblivion in the Cuban Missile Crisis. What emerges is a fascinating picture of a man constantly torn between benevolence and malevolence -- a man who made himself cultured and yet who could never really escape his image as a bullying country bumpkin (most famously demonstrated by his interruption of Macmillan's speech to the UN in 1960 by banging his shoe on the table -- the urbane Macmillan responded, 'Mr President, perhaps we could have a translation, I could not quite follow'). William Taubman has previously edited collections of Nikita Khrushchev's speeches and reminiscences and is completely immersed in this subject -- his biography is likely to remain the standard work for years to come.