LEADER 03659cam a2200373 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20220907100547.0 008 030320s2004 enka b 001 0 eng 010 2003048081 020 0195165810 (alk. paper) 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |bEnglish 041 eng 043 e-ur--- 050 00 DK268.4 |b.G67 2004 082 00 947.084/2/092 |221 100 1 Gorlizki, Yoram, |d1963- 245 10 Cold peace : |bStalin and the Soviet ruling circle, 1945-1953 / |cYoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk. 260 Oxford ;New York : |bOxford University Press, |c2004. 300 viii, 248 p. : |bill. ; |c25 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index. 505 Introduction -- Part I: Reconstruction. 1. A Return to Order -- 2. State Building Stalin-Style 45 -- Part II: Stalin's Shift. 3. The Politburo's Last Purge -- 4. Peaceful Coexistence: Collective Leadership and Stalinist Control -- Part III: Stalin's Legacy. 5. Awakening to Crisis -- 6. Stalin's Last Struggle -- Conclusion. 520 Following his country's victory over Nazi Germany, Joseph Stalin was widely hailed as a great wartime leader and international statesman. Unchallenged on the domestic front, he headed one of the most powerful nations in the world. Yet, in the period from the end of World War II until his death, Stalin remained a man possessed by his fears. In order to reinforce his despotic rule in the face of old age and uncertain health, he habitually humiliated and terrorized members of his inner circle. He had their telephones bugged and even forced his deputy, Viacheslav Molotov, to betray his own spouse as a token of his allegiance. Often dismissed as paranoid and irrational, 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 which 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. 580 Donation of Anatole Shub 600 10 Stalin, Joseph, |d1878-1953. 600 10 Stalin, Joseph, |d1878-1953 |xFriends and associates. 651 0 Soviet Union |xPolitics and government |y1936-1953. 700 1 Khlevniuk, O. V. |q(Oleg Vitalʹevich), |d1959- 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6947_084000000000000_2_092_GOR |70 |8GEN |9160746OSA |bOSA |d2022-09-06 |eShub |l0 |o947.084/2/092 GOR |r2022-09-06 |w2022-09-06 |yBK |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 KXMdP4o7 992 01 947_084000000000000_2_092_GOR |bQVS_ZRVZZZZZZZZZZZZ_X_ZQX_JB8 966 |cIn the Research Room