Khrushchev on Khrushchev: An Inside Account of the Man and His Era, by His Son, Sergei Khrushchev - Hardcover

Sergei Khrushchev

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9780316491945: Khrushchev on Khrushchev: An Inside Account of the Man and His Era, by His Son, Sergei Khrushchev
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316491942 ISBN 13: 9780316491945
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, 1990

Synopsis

The son of the late Soviet leader offers a portrait of his father's life and political career, focusing on the years 1964-1971

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Sergei Khrushchev writes of his father's fall from power and final years in sometimes rambling but occasionally astute detail, rendering a sympathetic portrait that captures the impetuosity and contradictoriness for which the First Secretary is so well remembered. Born in the late 1930s, Sergei is perhaps too young to really know much about his father's role under Stalin, and his account is probably influenced by the current trend of Brezhnev-bashing, since that late statesman emerges here as the weakest and most depraved of characters. Still, this will be of interest even to casual students of the Soviet elite, and the occasional comments of the book's editor/translator, Amherst sovietologist Taubman, are a valuable check against the tricks of memory.
- Robert Decker, Columbia
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0316491942
ISBN 13 
9780316491945
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
472
Rating
  • 3.54 out of 5 stars
    28 ratings by Goodreads