Isbn: 9780195165814 - cold peace: stalin and the soviet ruling circle, 1945-1953 (18 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. In the period from the end of World War II until his death, Stalin became an increasingly distrustful despot. He habitually picked on and humiliated members of his inner circle, had them guarded around the clock, had their correspondence decoded by secret police, bugged the lines of even his most senior deputies, and even drove several to the point of publicly betraying their spouses in order to prove their allegiance. This book argues that Stalin's behavior was not entirely paranoid and erratic but followed a clear political logic. The authors contend that his system of leadership was at once both modern-Stalin vested authority in committees, elevated younger specialists, and made key institutional innovations-and patrimonial-repressive, informal, and based on personal loyalty. Always, Stalin's goal was to make the USSR a global power and, though the country teetered on the edge of violence during this period of acute domestic and international pressure, he succeeded in achieving superpower status and in holding on to power despite his old age and ill health.Based on the newest archival material available, including personal correspondence, drafts of Central Committee paperwork, new memoirs, and interviews with former functionaries and the families of Politburo members, this book will appeal to all those interested in Soviet history, political history, and the biographies of dictators.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine++. Book Club Edition. This is a Very Solid and Very Clean Black Board Soviet History Hardback in Fine condition with a Near Fine++ Jacket. c2004, 1st Printing. Looks like a Book Club Edition with number on back of jacket. The book looks Unread, As New. The book looks in wonderful condition both inside and out. The Jacket, no price also is in great condition. Pages are tight & very bright unmarked, no names. Mild shelf wear on back cover. 248 Pages. All books are securely packaged and Promptly Mailed. #20502-225.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN 0195165810. Hardback. Book club edition. Very Good condition book, with slight browning to edges of interior pages, faint foxing to right edge of book, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good +. 248 pp, index. Dj has light rubbing and edgewear. Interior unmarked, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 248 pages. Neat pencil inscription on end paper. Clean hardback with a dust jacket. Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. The dust jacket is slightly worn. 248 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust is lightly sunned to the spine but is still in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. 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 followed a clear political logic, contend Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk. Stalin's consistent and overriding goal after the war was to consolidate the Soviet Union's status as a superpower and, in the face of growing decrepitude, to maintain his own hold as leader of that power. To that end, he fashioned a system of leadership that was at once patrimonial-repressive and quite modern. While maintaining informal relations based on personal loyalty at the apex of the system, in the postwar period Stalin also vested authority in committees, elevated younger specialists, and initiated key institutional innovations with lasting consequences. Close scrutiny of Stalin's relationships with his most intimate colleagues also shows how, in the teeth of periodic persecution, Stalin's deputies cultivated informal norms and mutual understandings which provided the foundations for collective rule after his death. Based on newly released archival documents, including personal correspondence, drafts of Central Committee paperwork, new memoirs, and interviews with former functionaries and the families of Politburo members, this book will appeal to all those interested in Soviet history, political history, and the lives of dictators. Ref K 3.…

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