04883cam a2200565 a 4500 ocm33863309 OCoLC 20241127113515.0 951129s1996 mauaf b 001 0 eng 95026457 GB9653080 bnb 0674455312 (alk. paper) 9780674455313 (alk. paper) 9780674455320 (pbk.) 0674455320 (pbk.) AU@ 000012071976 AU@ 000046380579 AU@ 000046450472 DEBBG BV011432229 HEBIS 051451530 NZ1 4710930 YDXCP 536143 (OCoLC)33863309 (OCoLC)36528815 (OCoLC)123449007 (OCoLC)1011809187 (OCoLC)1052998021 (OCoLC)1166919411 (OCoLC)1420966476 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY e-ur--- DK267 .Z9 Zubok, V. M. (Vladislav Martinovich) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwX4VV3rBWvRw7RGc9VYP Inside the Kremlin's cold war : from Stalin to Khrushchev / Vladislav Zubok, Constantine Pleshakov. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996. xv, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-338) and index. Stalin: Revolutionary potentate -- Stalin and shattered peace -- Molotov: Expanding the borders -- Zhdanov and the origins of the eastern bloc -- Beria and Malenkov: Learning to love the bomb -- The education of Nikita Khrushchev -- Khrushchev and Kennedy: The taming of the Cold War -- Postmortem: Empire without heroes. Using recently uncovered archival materials, personal interviews, and a broad familiarity with Russian history and culture, two young Russian historians have written a major interpretation of the Cold War as seen from the Soviet shore. Covering the volatile period from 1945 to 1962, Zubok and Pleshakov explore the personalities and motivations of the key people who directed Soviet political life and shaped Soviet foreign policy. They begin with the fearsome figure of Joseph Stalin, who was driven by the dual dream of a Communist revolution and a global empire. They reveal the scope and limits of Stalin's ambitions by taking us into the world of his closest subordinates, the ruthless and unimaginative foreign minister Molotov and the Party's chief propagandist, Zhdanov, a man brimming with hubris and missionary zeal. The authors expose the machinations of the much-feared secret police chief Beria and the party cadre manager Malenkov, who tried but failed to set Soviet policies on a different course after Stalin's death. Finally, they document the motives and actions of the self-made and self-confident Nikita Khrushchev, full of Russian pride and party dogma, who overturned many of Stalin's policies with bold strategizing on a global scale. The authors show how, despite such attempts to change Soviet diplomacy, Stalin's legacy continued to divide Germany and Europe, and led the Soviets to the split with Maoist China and to the Cuban missile crisis. Zubok and Pleshakov's groundbreaking work reveals how Soviet statesmen conceived and conducted their rivalry with the West within the context of their own domestic and global concerns and aspirations. The authors persuasively demonstrate that the Soviet leaders did not seek a conflict with the United States, yet failed to prevent it or bring it to conclusion. They also document why and how Kremlin policy-makers, cautious and scheming as they were, triggered the gravest crises of the Cold War in Korea, Berlin, and Cuba. -- Publisher description. Lionel Gelber Prize for Best Book in International Relations, 1996. fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbvhYhcM6fy9r83JBX 1945-1991 fast Cold War. Diplomatic relations fast POLITICAL CONDITIONS. unbist FOREIGN POLICY. unbist POLITICAL HISTORY. unbist Pleshakov, Konstantin. has work: Inside the Kremlin's cold war (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGCTJtXXRHpmhtV4wYmKMK https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Online version: Zubok, V.M. (Vladislav Martinovich). Inside the Kremlin's cold war. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996 (OCoLC)605178986 Available from ACLS Humanities http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.05461 Rutgers restricted Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b2p6-aa Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb05461 lcc BK DK267 Z9 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 997 OTHER HOLDINGS 2569 2569 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-11-27 0 DK267 .Z9 2024-4021 2024-11-27 11:35:46 C.1 2024-11-27 BK