Taubman, William Khrushchev: the Man and His Era.(Book Review)

From: Perspectives on Political Science | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

New York & London: W. W Norton 876 pp., $35.00, ISBN 0-393-05144-7 Publication Date: March 2003

As soon as it came off the press, Khrushchev: The Man and His Era was widely reviewed by major figures in the field. It is well deserving of the praise it has received. William Taubman, Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science at Amherst, spent more than ten years collecting the information for this definitive biography of one of the most interesting political figures of the twentieth century. He combed through Soviet archives, some of which have once again been put off limits ...

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