Khrushchev: The Years in Power

by Roy A. Medvedev, Zhores Medvedev

Overview

A unique view of the Khrushchev period as seen by two prominent Soviet dissidents.

This portrait by two noted Soviet authors and dissidents of Nikita S. Khrushchev's years in power reveals the former leader of the Soviet Union as a decisive, even impetuous, innovator, a side of him little known before in the West. Khrushchev emerges as a man impatient to destroy Stalinism, to remedy defects in the Soviet system, and to solve the problems of Soviet agriculture. As no other book before it, Khrushchev brings into focus the many sides of the shrewd and complex Soviet leader and the interrelation between Soviet politics and agricultural policy that brought about his removal from power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393008791
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	01/17/1978
Series:	Norton Library Series
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

Zhores Medvedev (1925—2018) was a Russian agronomist, biologist, historian, and dissident. He was the author of numerous books including Nuclear Disaster in the Urals, Legacy of Chernobyl, and Khrushchev: The Years in Power.

Editorial Reviews

"The Medvedev brothers…give us a deliberately sober and balanced picture of Khrushchev. As might be expected they are particularly good in dealing with his policies on science and agriculture."

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