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Title

Cold peace : Stalin and the Soviet ruling circle, 1945-1953 / Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk.

Author

Gorlizki, Yoram.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Хлевнюк, О. В. (Олег Витальевич)
• Khlevni︠u︡k, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich)

Description

viii, 248 p. : ill.; 25 cm

Summary

"Often dismissed as paranoid and irrational, Joseph Stalin's behavior followed a clear political logic, contend Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk. Stalin's consistent and overriding goal after the war was to consolidate the Soviet Union's status as a superpower and, in the face of growing decrepitude, to maintain his own hold as leader of that power. To that end, he fashioned a system of leadership that was at once patrimonial-repressive and quite modern. While maintaining informal relations based on personal loyalty at the apex of the system, in the postwar period Stalin also vested authority in committees, elevated younger specialists, and initiated key institutional innovations with lasting consequences." "Close scrutiny of Stalin's relationships with his most intimate colleagues also shows how, in the teeth of periodic persecution. Stalin's deputies cultivated informal norms and mutual understandings that provided the foundations for collective rule after his death. Based on newly released archival documents, including personal correspondence, drafts of Central Committee paperwork, new memoirs, and interviews with former functionaries and the families of Politburo members, this book will appeal to all those interested in Soviet history, political history, and the lives of dictators."--Jacket.

Subject

• Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
• Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 > Friends and associates
• 1936 - 1953
• Friendship
• Politics and government
• Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953
• Soviet Union

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index.

Contents

Part I: Reconstruction. A return to order ; State building Stalin-style -- Part II: Stalin's shift. The Politburo's last purge ; Peaceful coexistence : collective leadership and Stalinist control -- Part III: Stalin's legacy. Awakening to crisis ; Stalin's last struggle -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

Call Number

JFE 04-3779

ISBN

• 0195165810 (alk. paper)
• 9780195165814 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003048081

OCLC

51937359

Author

Gorlizki, Yoram.

Title

Cold peace : Stalin and the Soviet ruling circle, 1945-1953 / Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index.

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Publisher description

Contributor biographical information

Chronological Term

1936 - 1953

Added Author

Khlevni︠u︡k, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich)

Alternate Script for Added Author

Хлевнюк, О. В. (Олег Витальевич)

Research Call Number

JFE 04-3779