Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award: "The book is a gift, as fascinating as it is important."—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during th...
Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award: "The book is a gift, as fascinating as it is important."—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world. His life and career mirror the Soviet experience: revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, cold war, Stalinism, post-Stalinism. Complicit in terrible Stalinist crimes, Khrushchev nevertheless retained his humanity: his daring attempt to reform communism prepared the ground for its eventual collapse; and his awkward efforts to ease the cold war triggered its most dangerous crises.
This is the first comprehensive biography of Khrushchev and the first of any Soviet leader to reflect the full range of sources that have become available since the USSR collapsed. Combining a page-turning historical narrative with penetrating political and psychological analysis, this book brims with the life and excitement of a man whose story personified his era.
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It is obvious in retrospect that far-reaching reform was necessary. But even in the late 1980s, after the Soviet system had had thirty-two more years to demonstrate its bankruptcy, change came painfully. Could it have gone more easily in the 1950s when the economic system still produced rapid growth and many people wanted to humanize communism, not abandon it? Not when Stalin’s successors were men raised and trained by his own hand. (查看原文)
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长篇巨著，读完反而觉得赫很简单好懂。他就是一个精力旺盛的小人物，被历史阴差阳错推上台前。出身导致自卑，为斯的抬举受控若惊，拼命想要搞成绩。作为疯狂年代的受益者，他沉醉于革命浪潮那一套，热衷于宣布危机，然后发动攻坚战。莫斯科地铁，哈尔科夫战役，开垦处女地，甚至到古巴危机，都是这一套。鲁莽，天真，赤诚。同时因为自卑死要面子，出访担心面子甚于担心结果。 除掉贝利亚，平息57后权力稳定下来，他渐渐客观看待... 长篇巨著，读完反而觉得赫很简单好懂。他就是一个精力旺盛的小人物，被历史阴差阳错推上台前。出身导致自卑，为斯的抬举受控若惊，拼命想要搞成绩。作为疯狂年代的受益者，他沉醉于革命浪潮那一套，热衷于宣布危机，然后发动攻坚战。莫斯科地铁，哈尔科夫战役，开垦处女地，甚至到古巴危机，都是这一套。鲁莽，天真，赤诚。同时因为自卑死要面子，出访担心面子甚于担心结果。 除掉贝利亚，平息57后权力稳定下来，他渐渐客观看待国家的种种问题。各种迁怒和疯狂都说明他从内心深处开始怀疑，只是不敢面对。这导致他失去耐心，决策更加莽撞，同时用阿谀奉承麻痹自己，变成了自己讨伐过的人。56年勇于秘密演讲，到64年众叛亲离，他自己是其中最大的变量。 原来匈牙利事件，甚至彭被打倒，都抽丝剥茧源于赫抨击斯。 最大的讽刺是儿子入籍美国233 (展开)