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010 _a 2015038903
020 _a9781137335494 (paperback)
020 _a9781137335500 (hardback)
040 _aMEMOS
_beng
_cDLC
_erda
_dMEMOS
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_aHIS032000
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_2bisacsh
100 1 _aSwain, Geoff.
245 1 0 _aKrushchev /
_cGeoffrey Swain.
263 _a1512
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2016.
300 _a282
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aEuropean history in perspective
500 _aIncludes index.
505 8 _aMachine 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aKhrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich,
_d1894-1971.
650 0 _aHeads of state
_zSoviet Union
_vBiography.
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
_2bisacsh
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xPolitics and government
_y1953-1985.
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