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An empire loses hope : the return of Stalin's ghost [1970]
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Shub, Anatole, 1928-2006.
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An empire loses hope : the return of Stalin's ghost / Anatole Shub.
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English
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New York : Norton, [1970]
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xvi, 474 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
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In October 1961, Khrushchev ordered the removal of Stalin's body from the Red Square Mausoleum and hopes for a new freedom, justice and independence were aroused throughout the Soviet Union and its satellite states. Seven years later, these hopes were crushed when the Soviet Army invaded Czechoslovakia. Anatole Shub, an eminent American journalist, discusses how and why this happened. He recounts at first hand such dramatic incidents as Khrushchev's courtship of Tito, the trial of the Bulgarian United Nations delegate as a C.I.A. agent; Chou En-lai's weird visit to Rumania; the confrontation between Brezhnev and Dubcek at a railway men's club in Cierna-nad-Tisou; and the trials of young Russian democrats who bravely demonstrated against the Red Army invasion of Czechoslovakia. Combining eyewitness observation with expert research, Mr. Shub explains why Khrushchev encouraged, and his successors persecuted, such writers as Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Voznesensky; why Rumanian Communists behave like Rumanians; why East Germany needs the wall; why Yugoslavia has gone its own way towards an open society while once-liberal Poland has been driven to harass Catholic bishops and Jewish intellectuals alike -- from the publisher.
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Europe, Eastern Politics and government
Europe, Eastern Foreign relations Soviet Union
Soviet Union Foreign relations Europe, Eastern.
Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985
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1. The other Europe -- 2. The model -- 3. The halfway house -- 4. Two for the seesaw -- 5. October afterglow -- 6. The haunted castle -- 7. Journey into Khrushchev's Russia -- 8. Balkan mystery -- 9. Goulash -- 10. Totul Pentru Tara -- 11. The spoils of war -- 12. Slavic counterpoint -- 13- Jubilee -- 14-March revolution -- 15. The sheathed knife -- 16. The trial -- 17. The empire's new clothes.
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0393054195
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An empire loses hope : the return of Stalin's ghost [1970]
In Research Room
BookIconBook
Cover
General Information
Author
Shub, Anatole, 1928-2006.
General Information
Original Title
An empire loses hope : the return of Stalin's ghost / Anatole Shub.
General Information
Language
English
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Published
New York : Norton, [1970]
General Information
Physical Description
xvi, 474 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Contents Summary
In October 1961, Khrushchev ordered the removal of Stalin's body from the Red Square Mausoleum and hopes for a new freedom, justice and independence were aroused throughout the Soviet Union and its satellite states. Seven years later, these hopes were crushed when the Soviet Army invaded Czechoslovakia. Anatole Shub, an eminent American journalist, discusses how and why this happened. He recounts at first hand such dramatic incidents as Khrushchev's courtship of Tito, the trial of the Bulgarian United Nations delegate as a C.I.A. agent; Chou En-lai's weird visit to Rumania; the confrontation between Brezhnev and Dubcek at a railway men's club in Cierna-nad-Tisou; and the trials of young Russian democrats who bravely demonstrated against the Red Army invasion of Czechoslovakia. Combining eyewitness observation with expert research, Mr. Shub explains why Khrushchev encouraged, and his successors persecuted, such writers as Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Voznesensky; why Rumanian Communists behave like Rumanians; why East Germany needs the wall; why Yugoslavia has gone its own way towards an open society while once-liberal Poland has been driven to harass Catholic bishops and Jewish intellectuals alike -- from the publisher.
Subjects
Subject Terms
Europe, Eastern Politics and government
Europe, Eastern Foreign relations Soviet Union
Soviet Union Foreign relations Europe, Eastern.
Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985
Bibliographic Information
Content
1. The other Europe -- 2. The model -- 3. The halfway house -- 4. Two for the seesaw -- 5. October afterglow -- 6. The haunted castle -- 7. Journey into Khrushchev's Russia -- 8. Balkan mystery -- 9. Goulash -- 10. Totul Pentru Tara -- 11. The spoils of war -- 12. Slavic counterpoint -- 13- Jubilee -- 14-March revolution -- 15. The sheathed knife -- 16. The trial -- 17. The empire's new clothes.
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ISBN
0393054195
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Book - 327.47 SHU
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327.47 SHU
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Book - 327.47 SHU