The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire: Political Leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev book by Dmitri Volkogonov
By Dmitri VolkogonovThe Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire: Political Leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev book by Dmitri Volkogonov
Following his great trilogy of biographies of the giants who dominated the history of the Soviet Union - Stalin (1991), Lenin (1994) and Trotsky (1996) - Dmitri Volkogonov delves deeper into the Soviet archives to produce new character evaluations and political assessments of the seven leaders who ruled the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991.A former general in the Soviet Army's propaganda department, Director of the Institute for Military History, and Defence Adviser to President Yeltsin from 1991 to his death from cancer in December 1995, Dmitri Volkogonov had unrivalled access to Soviet military archives, Communist Party documents and secret presidential files. Basing his new book on these inside sources, he has continued his pioneering work of revealing the truth behind the activities of the world's most secretive political leaders.He throws new light Lenin's paranoia about foreigners in Russia; his creation of a privileged system for top Party members; Stalin's repression of the nationalities and his singular conduct of foreign policy; the origins and conduct of the Korean War; Khrushchev's relationship with the odious secret service chief Beria; Brezhnev's vanity and stupidity; the Afghan War; Poland and Solidarity; Soviet bureaucracy; Gorbachev's Leninism and role in history.
Book details
- Paperback
- 572 pages
- English
- 0002557916
- 9780002557917
About Dmitri Volkogonov
dmitri antonovich volkogonov (russian: Дми́трий Анто́нович Волкого́нов) (22 march 1928 – 6 december 1995) was a russian Read More about Dmitri Volkogonov
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