LEADER 02291cam a2200397 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20221018113359.0 008 000512s2000 pauaf b 00110beng 010 98054931 020 0271019271 (alk. paper) 040 DLC |cDLC |dNhCcYBP |dhubpceuo |beng 041 1 eng |hrus 043 e-ur--- 050 00 DK275.K5 |bK4874213 2000 082 00 947.0852092 |221 100 1 Khrushchev, Sergei, |d1935-2020. 240 10 Nikita Khrushchev. |lEnglish 245 10 Nikita Khrushchev and the creation of a superpower / |cSergei N. Khrushchev ; translated by Shirley Benson ; foreword by William Taubman ; annotations by William C. Wohlforth. 260 University Park, Pa. : |bPennsylvania State University Press, |cc2000. 300 xviii, 765 p., [64] p. of plates : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 500 Abridged and translated from: Nikita Khrushchev : krizisy i rakety. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "How did Khrushchev manage not only to survive Stalin but to succeed him? What led him to denounce his former master? How could a man of minimal formal education direct the affairs of a vast intercontinental empire in the nuclear age? Why did Khrushchev's attempt to ease East-West tensions result in two of the worst crises of the Cold War in Berlin and Cuba? To resolve these and other contradictions, we need more than policy documents from archives and memoirs from associates. We need first-hand testimony by family members who knew Khrushchev best, especially by his only surviving son, Sergei, in whom he often confided"--foreword by William Taubman 580 Donation of Anatole Shub 600 10 Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, |d1894-1971. 600 10 Khrushchev, Sergei, |d1935-2020. 650 0 Heads of state |zSoviet Union |xBiography. 650 0 World politics |y1945- 651 0 Soviet Union |xPolitics and government |y1953-1985. 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6947_085209200000000_KHR |70 |8GEN |9160896OSA |bOSA |d2022-10-17 |eShub |o947.0852092 KHR |r2022-10-17 |w2022-10-17 |yBK |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 7elpyJer 992 01 947_085209200000000_KHR |bQVS_ZRUXZQXZZZZZZZZ_FI8 966 |cIn the Research Room