TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swain,Geoff
TI  - Krushchev
T2  - European history in perspective
SN  - 9781137335494 (paperback)
AV  - DK275.K5 S93 2016
U1  - 923.7 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich,
KW  - Heads of state
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Biography
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
KW  - HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1953-1985
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -