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020 $a9780300192223$qhardcover ;$qalkaline paper
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050 00 $aDK268.S8$bR83 2016
082 00 $a947.084/2092$aB$223
084 $aHIS032000$aBIO011000$aHIS027100$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRubenstein, Joshua,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe last days of Stalin /$cJoshua Rubenstein.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2016]
300 $ax, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower with armed force, and was also broadening a vicious campaign against Soviet Jews. Stalin's sudden collapse and death in March 1953 was as dramatic and mysterious as his life. It is no overstatement to say that his passing marked a major turning point in the twentieth century. The Last Days of Stalin is an engaging, briskly told account of the dictator's final active months, the vigil at his deathbed, and the unfolding of Soviet and international events in the months after his death. Rubenstein throws fresh light on: the devious plotting of Beria, Malenkov, Khrushchev, and other 'comrades in arms' who well understood the significance of the dictator's impending death; the witness-documented events of his death as compared to official published versions; Stalin's rumored plans to forcibly exile Soviet Jews; the responses of Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles to the Kremlin's conciliatory gestures after Stalin's death; and the momentous repercussions when Stalin's regime of terror was cut short"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Death of Stalin -- A New Purge -- Stalin's Paranoia and the Jews -- The Kremlin Moves On -- The Surprise of Reform -- A Chance for Peace? -- The End of the Beginning -- Epilogue.
600 10 $aStalin, Joseph,$d1878-1953$xDeath and burial.
600 10 $aStalin, Joseph,$d1878-1953$xRelations with Jews.
600 10 $aStalin, Joseph,$d1878-1953$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aStalin, Joseph,$d1878-1953$xInfluence.
650 0 $aHeads of state$zSoviet Union$vBiography.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1936-1953.
650 0 $aSocial change$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$y1953-1975.
650 7 $aHISTORY$zEurope$xRussia & the Former Soviet Union.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY$xPresidents & Heads of State.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY$xMilitary$xWorld War II.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aBiographies.$2lcgft
852 00 $bglx$hDK268.S8$iR83 2016