Research Catalog

Title

Comrade Chairman : Soviet succession and the rise of Gorbachov / by Richard Owen.

Author

Owen, Richard, 1948-

Publication

New York : Arbor House, 1987, c1986.

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Description

253 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Heads of state > Soviet Union > Succession
• Heads of state > Succession > Soviet Union
• Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za
• Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936
• Soviet Union > Politics and government

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [245]-247.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Six Soviet successions -- The struggle for power after Lenin -- How Stalin won -- The opposition to Stalin -- Khrushchev versus Malenkov -- The coup against Khrushchev -- The Brezhnev succession -- Brezhnev in decline -- Andropov undermines Brezhnev -- The death of Brezhnev -- Andropov in the Kremlin -- Andropov's programme: the turning point? -- Tensions in the Kremlin -- Chernenko fights back -- Andropov's invisible presidency -- Adropov's final days -- The death of Andropov -- Chernenko in charge -- The Chernenko cult -- Gorbachov on the verge of power -- Chernenko makes a comeback -- Gorbachov Manoeuvres -- Gorbachov takes over -- The Gorbachov era begins -- Gorbachov's Russia -- Conclusion: Soviet succession and generational change.

ISBN

0877959129 :

LCCN

^^^86028833^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library