Cold Peace Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953

Name: Cold Peace Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953
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ISBN: 9780195304206

ISBN-10: 0195304209

ISBN-13: 9780195304206

Edition: 2006

Authors: Yoram Gorlizki, Oleg Khlevniuk

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Following his country's victory over Nazi Germany, Joseph Stalin was widely hailed as a great wartime leader and international statesman. Unchallenged on the domestic front, he headed one of the most powerful nations in the world. Yet, in the period from the end of World War II until his death, Stalin remained a man possessed by his fears. In order to reinforce his despotic rule in the face of old age and uncertain health, he habitually humiliated and terrorized members of his inner circle. He had their telephones bugged and even forced his deputy, Viacheslav Molotov, to betray his own spouse as a token of his allegiance. Often dismissed as paranoid and irrational, Stalin's behavior…

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English