Khrushchev: The Man and His Era

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William Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts -- how the boy from a peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin's death and yet brought the world close to oblivion in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Hugely acclaimed on hardback publication, and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, this is a magisterial work of political biography and a riveting insight into one of the giants of twentieth-century history. It is likely to remain the standard work for years to come. Front Cover......Page 1 Front Page......Page 2 Copyright Page......Page 3 Dedication......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 5 Note on Russian and Ukrainian Usage......Page 7 PREFACE......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 13 CHAPTER ONE---The Fall: October 1964......Page 18 CHAPTER TWO---Kalinovka's Own: 1894-1908......Page 33 CHAPTER THREE---Making It as a Metalworker: 1908-1917......Page 45 CHAPTER FOUR---To Be or Not to Bean Apparatchik: 1918-1929......Page 60 CHAPTER FIVE---Stalin's Pet: 1929-1937......Page 87 CHAPTER SIX---Stalin's Viceroy: 1938-1941......Page 129 CHAPTER SEVEN---Khrushchev at War: 1941-1944......Page 162 CHAPTER EIGHT -----Ukrainian Viceroy Again: 1944-1949......Page 194 CHAPTER NINE---The Heir Nonapparent: 1949-1953......Page 223 CHAPTER TEN---Almost Triumphant: 1953-1955......Page 251 CHAPTER ELEVEN---From the Secret Speech to the Hungarian Revolution: 1956......Page 301 CHAPTER TWELVE---The Jaws of Victory: 1956-1957......Page 331 CHAPTER THIRTEEN---The Wider World: 1917-1957......Page 356 CHAPTER FOURTEEN---Alone at the Top: 1957-1960......Page 392 CHAPTER FIFTEEN---The Berlin Crisis and the American Trip: 1958-1959......Page 427 CHAPTER SIXTEEN---From the U-2 to the UN Shoe: April-September 1960......Page 473 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN---Khrushchev and Kennedy: 1960-1961......Page 511 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN---"A Communist Society Will Be Just about Built by 1980": 1961-1962......Page 538 CHAPTER NINETEEN---The Cuban Cure-all: 1962......Page 560 CHAPTER TWENTY---The Unraveling: 1962-1964......Page 609 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE---After the Fall: 1964-1971......Page 667 EPILOGUE......Page 693 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 698 NOTES......Page 701 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 836 GLOSSARY......Page 868 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 870 Rear Cover......Page 873