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Swain, Geoff.

Krushchev / Geoffrey Swain. - 282 - European history in perspective .

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: --1. Becoming a Party Apparatchik - 1894-1929 -- 2. Stalin's Favourite, 1929-1941 -- 3. Questioning Stalin, 1941-1953 -- 4. Dethroning Stalin, 1953-19565. -- Ousting Stalinists -- 6. Constructing Communism at Home, 1958-627. -- Confronting Capitalism -- 8. The Reformer Ousted.

"This concise, approachable introduction to Khrushchev explores the innovative theme of Khrushchev as reformer, arguing that the 'bumbling' nature of those reforms only partly reflected Khrushchev's uncertainty about how to act. Swain provides a cogent account of Khrushchev's political career and of his wider role in Soviet and world politics"--

ISBN: 9781137335494 (paperback) 9781137335500 (hardback)

LCCN: 2015038903

Subjects--Personal Names:
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Heads of state--Soviet Union--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.

LC Class. No.: DK275.K5 / S93 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 923.7 / S 971