Khrushchev

by Geoffrey Swain

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137335494
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/04/2015
Series:	European History in Perspective , #74
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Geoffrey Swain is Alec Nove Professor of Russian and Eastern European Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Geoffrey Swain is Alec Nove Professor of Russian and Eastern European Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Becoming a Party Apparatchik – 1894-1929
2. Stalin's Favourite, 1929-1941
3. Questioning Stalin, 1941-1953
4. Dethroning Stalin, 1953-1956
5. Ousting Stalinists
6. Constructing Communism at Home, 1958-62
7. Confronting Capitalism
8. The Reformer Ousted
Conclusion.