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Author Rubenstein, Joshua, author.

Title The last days of Stalin / Joshua Rubenstein
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
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Contents The Death of Stalin -- A New Purge -- Stalin's Paranoia and the Jews -- The Kremlin Moves On -- The Surprise of Reform -- A Chance for Peace? -- The End of the Beginning -- Epilogue
Summary "Joshua Rubenstein's riveting account takes us back to the second half of 1952 when no one could foresee an end to Joseph Stalin's murderous regime. He was poised to challenge the newly elected U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower with armed force, and was also broadening a vicious campaign against Soviet Jews. Stalin's sudden collapse and death in March 1953 was as dramatic and mysterious as his life. It is no overstatement to say that his passing marked a major turning point in the twentieth century. The Last Days of Stalin is an engaging, briskly told account of the dictator's final active months, the vigil at his deathbed, and the unfolding of Soviet and international events in the months after his death. Rubenstein throws fresh light on: the devious plotting of Beria, Malenkov, Khrushchev, and other 'comrades in arms' who well understood the significance of the dictator's impending death; the witness-documented events of his death as compared to official published versions; Stalin's rumored plans to forcibly exile Soviet Jews; the responses of Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles to the Kremlin's conciliatory gestures after Stalin's death; and the momentous repercussions when Stalin's regime of terror was cut short"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 5, 2016)
Subject Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Death and burial
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Relations with Jews
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Political and social views
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence
SUBJECT Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast
Subject Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Social change -- Soviet Union -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
Death and burial of a person
Diplomatic relations
Heads of state
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political and social views
Politics and government
Relations with Jews
Social change
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1975. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125761
Subject Soviet Union
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300216769
0300216769