{"product_id":"khrushchev","title":"Khrushchev","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Khrushchev (Hardcover, 896 pages – Free Press, 2004) – Free Press, 2004. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts -- how the boy from a peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin's death and yet brought the world close to oblivion in the Cuban Missile Crisis. What emerges is a fascinating picture of a man constantly torn between benevolence and malevolence -- a man who made himself cultured and yet who could never really escape his image as a bullying country bumpkin (most famously demonstrated by his interruption of Macmillan's speech to the UN in 1960 by banging his shoe on the table -- the urbane Macmillan responded, 'Mr President, perhaps we could have a translation, I could not quite follow'). William Taubman has previously edited collections of Nikita Khrushchev's speeches and reminiscences and is completely immersed in this subject -- his biography is likely to remain the standard work for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Taubman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52369094967578,"sku":"9780743231664","price":105.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2699\/9322\/files\/81RqrHOcMsL._SY522.jpg?v=1781767120","url":"https:\/\/medicampus.store\/products\/khrushchev","provider":"medicampus.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}