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Author Gorlizki, Yoram, author.

Title Cold peace : Stalin and the Soviet ruling circle, 1945-1953 / Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 248 pages) : illustrations
Contents A return to order -- State building Stalin-style -- The Politburo's last purge -- Peaceful coexistence : collective leadership and Stalinist control -- Awakening to crisis -- Stalin's last struggle
Summary In the period from the end of World War II until his death, Stalin became an increasingly distrustful despot. This book argues that Stalin's behaviour was not entirely paranoid and erratic but followed a clear political logic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index
Notes English
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Subject Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Friends and associates
SUBJECT Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast
Subject HISTORY.
Friendship
Politics and government
Politieke elites.
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847
Subject Soviet Union
Form Electronic book
Author Khlevni︠u︡k, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich), author.
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