{"product_id":"memoirs-of-nikita-khrushchev-9780271058597","title":"Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the second volume of three, Khrushchev covers the period from 1945 to 1956, from the famine and devastation immediately after the war to Stalin’s death, the subsequent power struggle, and the Twentieth Party Congress. The remaining sections are devoted to Khrushchev’s recollections and thoughts about various domestic and international problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most important political leaders of the twentieth century. Without his memoirs, neither the rise and fall of the Soviet Union nor the history of the Cold War can be fully understood. By dictating his memoirs and publishing them in the West, Khrushchev transformed himself from the USSR’s leader to one of its first dissidents. His remarkably candid recollections were a harbinger of glasnost to come. . Like virtually all memoirs, his have a personal and political agenda, but even what might be called Khrushchev’s ‘myth of himself’ is vital for understanding how this colorful figure could place his contradictory stamp on his country and the world. The fact that the full text of Khrushchev’s memoirs will now be available in English is cause for rejoicing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—William Taubman,Amherst College, author of \u003ci\u003eKhrushchev: The Man and His Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The single most comprehensive, candid, and authoritative account of the inner workings of the Kremlin leadership. . . . One of the most extraordinary archives of the twentieth century.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Strobe Talbott,former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is the second of three huge volumes that present, for the first time in English, a complete version of the tape-recorded memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (SPSU) from September 1953 to October 1964. Pennsylvania State University Press deserves praise for taking on this enormous task, which was supported in part by grants from a number of individuals and private foundations. . . . The 3-volume set of Khrushchev’s memoirs is an indispensable resource for scholars interested in Soviet politics, Soviet foreign policy, and the Cold War. This second volume is especially useful in its discussion of political rivalries, the Machiavellian nature of Soviet politics, and the dilemmas of Soviet military policy in the nuclear age.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mark Kramer \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In spight of Khrushchev’s generally negative attitude toward Jews, the appearance of the second volume of his posthumous reminiscences, \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Nikita Khrushchev\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to all Kremlin watchers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Sheldon Kirshner \u003ci\u003eCanadian Jewish News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like the preceding volume, this work is a fine translation, easy to read, but fragmented. There are excellent notes following each chapter and photographs showing Krushchev up to his retirement. The index is excellent and a number of appendixes are included, some quite lengthy, which provide rare insights into Krushchev’s character. This volume would be another valuable addition for the Soviet specialist but military historians should wait for the final volume, which hopefully will go into more detail regarding the major Cold War events of Khrushchev’s tenure as General Secretary.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Paul Wanke \u003ci\u003eMilitary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Memoirs of Nikita Krushchev\u003c\/i\u003e remain a highly valuable source for historians of the Soviet Union, and should be of great interest to those interested in the history of the Cold War. Because they provide a unique insight into the mindset of the Soviet leadership, and because their contents can be enjoyed by those without too much background knowledge in Soviet history, they can also be fruitfully used by undergraduate as a primary source.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Kees Boterbloem \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is no better way to appreciate the historical and humanistic depths of this drama than by spending time with Nikita Khrushchev’s memoirs.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Maxim Matusevich \u003ci\u003eAmerican Communist History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and Acronyms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Victory Day to the Twentieth Party Congress\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Postwar Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Moscow Again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Comments on Certain Individuals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Stalin’s Shortcomings—Anti-Semitism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeria and Others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStalin’s Family, and His Daughter Svetlana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStalin’s Last Years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Korean War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoctors’ Plot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nineteenth Party Congress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the Nineteenth Party Congress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEconomic Problems of Socialism in the USSR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStalin About Himself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Death of Stalin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Reflections on Stalin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce Again on Beria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Stalin’s Death\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Nineteenth Party Congress to the Twentieth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the Twentieth Party Congress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Few Words About Government Power, Zhukov, and Others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Make Life Better\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuild More—and with High Quality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Work in Agriculture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Virgin Lands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe Have Not Achieved the Abundance We Desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgriculture and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcademician Vilyams and His Grass-Field Crop-Rotation System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Agricultural Field as a Chessboard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Few Words About the Machine and Tractor Stations—and About Specialization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe Suffer from the Imperfection of Our Organizational System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorn—A Crop I Gave Much Attention to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Shelves in Our Stores Are Empty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Postwar Defense of the USSR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Structuring the Soviet Armed Forces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStalin’s Legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Soviet Navy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAirplanes and Missiles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntimissile Defenses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTanks and Cannon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Transport: Wheels or Tank Treads?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Scientists and Defense Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrei Sakharov and Nuclear Weapons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooperation on Outer Space\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurchatov, Keldysh, Sakharov, Tupolev, Lavrentyev, Kapitsa, and Others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Issues of Peace and War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReducing the Size of the Soviet Army\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Peace and War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNuclear War and Conventional War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArms Race or Peaceful Coexistence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernment Spending\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelations with the Intelligentsia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Am Not a Judge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last Romantic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnatoly Strelyany  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of N. S. Khrushchev on Military Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov to the CPSU Central Committee: “On Limiting the Receipt of Foreign Correspondence by N. S. Khrushchev”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of the Death of N. S. Khrushchev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sendoff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorgy Fyodorov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanitation Day (Notes of a Contemporary on the Funeral of N. S. Khrushchev) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnatoly Zlobin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMama’s Notebooks, 1971–1984\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina Petrovna Khrushcheva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiographies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400789336407,"sku":"9780271058597","price":28.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memoirs-of-nikita-khrushchev-9780271058597","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}