Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet EmpireCondition: NewSubtitle: Political Leaders from Lenin to GorbachevEAN: 9780006388180ISBN: 9780006388180Publisher: HarperCollinsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/19/1999Description: Following his great trilogy of biographies of the giants who dominated the history of the Soviet Union – Stalin (1991), Lenin (1994) and Trotsky (1996) – Dmitri Volkogonov delves deeper into the Soviet archives to produce new character evaluations and political assessments of the seven leaders who ruled the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991. A former general in the Soviet Army’s propaganda department, Director of the Institute for Military History, and Defence Adviser to President Yeltsin from 1991 to his death from cancer in December 1995, Dmitri Volkogonov had unrivalled access to Soviet military archives, Communist Party documents and secret presidential files. Basing his new book on these inside sources, he has continued his pioneering work of revealing the truth behind the activities of the world’s most secretive political leaders. He throws new light on: Lenin’s paranoia about foreigners in Russia; his creation of a privileged system for top Party members; Stalin’s repression of the nationalities and his singular conduct of foreign policy; the origins and conduct of the Korean War; Khrushchev’s relationship with the odious secret service chief Beria; Brezhnev’s vanity and stupidity; the Afghan War; Poland and Solidarity; Soviet bureaucracy; Gorbachev’s Leninism and role in history.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 40mmItem Weight: 433gAuthor: Dmitri VolkogonovGenre: HistoryTopic: Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 1999 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
Publication Name: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
Title: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
Subtitle: Political Leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev
EAN: 9780006388180
ISBN: 9780006388180
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 04/19/1999
Release Year: 1999
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 40mm
Item Weight: 433g
Author: Dmitri Volkogonov
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics
