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Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower

By: Sergei Khrushchev

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Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower

By: Sergei Khrushchev

More is known about Nikita Khrushchev than about many former Soviet leaders, partly because of his own efforts to communicate through speeches, interviews, and memoirs. (A partial version of his memoirs was published in three volumes in 1970, 1974, and 1990, and a complete version was published in Russia in 1999 and will appear in an English translation to be published by Penn State Press.) But even with the opening of party and state archives in 1991, as William Taubman points out in his Foreword, many questions remain unanswered. "How did Khrushchev manage not only to survive Stalin but to succeed him? What led him to denounce his former master [an event that some interpreters herald as the first act in the drama that led to the end of the USSR]? How could a man of minimal formal education direct the affairs of a vast intercontinental empire in the nuclear age? Why did Khrushchev’s attempt to ease East-West tensions result in two of the worst crises of the Cold War in Berlin and Cuba? To resolve these and other contradictions, we need more than policy documents from archives and memoirs from associates. We need firsthand testimony by family members who knew Khrushchev best, especially by his only surviving son, Sergei, in whom he often confided. "As Sergei says, "During the Cold War our nations lived on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, and not only was it an Iron Curtain but it was also a mirror: one side perceived the other as the 'evil empire,' and vice versa; so, too, each side feared the other would start a nuclear war. Neither side could understand the real reasons behind many decisions because Americans and Russians, representing different cultures, think differently. The result was a Cold War filled with misperceptions that could easily have led to tragedy, and we are lucky it never happened. And still, after the Cold War, American-Russian relations are based on many misunderstandings." In this book Sergei tells the story of how the Cold War happened in reality from the Russian side, not from the American side, and this is his most important contribution. Sergei N. Khrushchev was born in 1935 when his father was Moscow party chief. He accompanied his father on major foreign trips—to Great Britain in 1956, East Germany in 1958, the United States in 1959, Egypt in 1964, among many others. After he became a control systems engineer and went to work for leading Soviet missile designer Vladimir Chelomei, Sergei attended many meetings at which his father transacted business with key leaders in the Soviet defense establishment. He has received many awards and honors for his work in computer science, missile design, and space research. Besides his many technical publications, he has published widely on political and economic issues. In 1991 Little Brown published his memoir about his father’s last years, Khrushchev on Khrushchev. In that same year he received an appointment to the Center for Foreign Policy Development of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, where he is today. He and his wife, Valentina Nikolayevna, applied for U. S. citizenship in 1999, an event widely covered in the media.

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Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower

By: Sergei N. Khrushchev,Shirley Benson

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Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower

By: Sergei N. Khrushchev,Shirley Benson

A unique account of Cold War history during the Khrushchev era by one who witnessed it firsthand at his father's side.

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0271021705

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Soviet Americana

The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian Americanists

By: Sergei Zhuk

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Soviet Americana

The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian Americanists

By: Sergei Zhuk

The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US. To shed light onto this important, yet under-studied, academic community, Sergei Zhuk here explores the personal histories of prominent Soviet Americanists, considering the myriad cultural influences - from John Wayne's bravado in the film Stagecoach to Miles Davis - that shaped their identities, careers and academic interests. Zhuk's compelling account draws on a wide range of understudied archival documents, periodicals, letters and diaries as well as more than 100 exclusive interviews with prominent Americanists to take the reader from the post-war origins of American studies, via the extremes of the Cold War, thaw and perestroika, to Putin's Russia. Soviet Americana is a comprehensive insight into shifting attitudes towards the US throughout the twentieth century and an essential resource for all Soviet and Cold War historians.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1786723034

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Battleground Berlin

CIA Vs. KGB in the Cold War

By: David E. Murphy,Sergei A. Kondrashev,George Bailey

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Battleground Berlin

CIA Vs. KGB in the Cold War

By: David E. Murphy,Sergei A. Kondrashev,George Bailey

Two veteran intelligence agents, one from the CIA and the other from the KGB, join together in an unprecedented collaboration to trace the activities of the two intelligence agencies at the start of the Cold War in postwar Berlin. UP.

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Yale University Press

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0300078714

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Christianity And Government In Russia And The Soviet Union

Reflections On The Millennium

By: Sergei Pushkarev

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Christianity And Government In Russia And The Soviet Union

Reflections On The Millennium

By: Sergei Pushkarev

Translated from the Russian. These essays were written over the course of more than 40 years. Their authors--Pushkarev, Rusak, and Yakunin--have all been exiled or imprisoned for their outspoken views.

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Spin Dictators

The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

By: Daniel Treisman,Sergei Guriev

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Spin Dictators

The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

By: Daniel Treisman,Sergei Guriev

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass repression, rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Viktor Orbán control their citizens by distorting information and simulating democratic procedures. Like spin doctors in democracies, they spin the news to engineer support. Uncovering this new brand of authoritarianism, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman explain the rise of such “spin dictators,” describing how they emerge and operate, the new threats they pose, and how democracies should respond. Spin Dictators traces how leaders such as Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew and Peru’s Alberto Fujimori pioneered less violent, more covert, and more effective methods of monopolizing power. They cultivated an image of competence, concealed censorship, and used democratic institutions to undermine democracy, all while increasing international engagement for financial and reputational benefits. The book reveals why most of today’s authoritarians are spin dictators—and how they differ from the remaining “fear dictators” such as Kim Jong-un and Bashar al-Assad, as well as from masters of high-tech repression like Xi Jinping. Offering incisive portraits of today’s authoritarian leaders, Spin Dictators explains some of the great political puzzles of our time—from how dictators can survive in an age of growing modernity to the disturbing convergence and mutual sympathy between dictators and populists like Donald Trump.

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Princeton University Press

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0691224471

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Nikolai Bolkhovitinov and American Studies in the USSR

People's Diplomacy in the Cold War

By: Sergei I. Zhuk

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Nikolai Bolkhovitinov and American Studies in the USSR

People's Diplomacy in the Cold War

By: Sergei I. Zhuk

This study is an intellectual biography of Nikolai N. Bolkhovitinov (1930–2008), the prominent Soviet historian who was a pioneering scholar of US history and US–Russian relations. Alongside the personal history of Bolkhovitinov, this study also examines the broader social, cultural, and intellectual developments within the Americanist scholarly community in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. Using archival documents, numerous studies by Russian and Ukrainian Americanists, various periodicals, personal correspondence, diaries, and more than one hundred interviews, it demonstrates how concepts, genealogies, and images of modernity shaped a national self-perception of the intellectual elites in both nations during the Cold War.

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Lexington Books

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1498551254

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The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946–2024

By: Sergei I. Zhuk

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The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946–2024

By: Sergei I. Zhuk

The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946-2024 is a study of Soviet and Russian intelligence operations against the centers for Soviet studies in North American academia. Using recently opened archival KGB and US intelligence documents, memoirs, and personal interviews with former KGB officers in post-Soviet Ukraine, this book analyzes the Soviet strategy of "using their enemies" for promoting their own political interests, especially directed at the problems of Ukrainian nationalism and independence. This volume investigates KGB operations establishing a foothold within the American Slavic studies community during the Cold War. The KGB, and their current successors the Russian FSB, use Russian emigrants and academics to promote pro-Kremlin and pro-Putin myths within North American research institutes. Special attention is paid to the historical roots of contemporary Russian intelligence operations targeting American-Russian academics and promoting Russian state interests in the ongoing war against Ukraine.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666943681

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KGB Operations against the USA and Canada in Soviet Ukraine, 1953-1991

By: Sergei I. Zhuk

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KGB Operations against the USA and Canada in Soviet Ukraine, 1953-1991

By: Sergei I. Zhuk

Oriented for a general reading audience, this book gives a unique and rare perspective on the KGB special operations, in Soviet Ukraine using the issues related to Soviet Ukrainian identity and cultural diplomacy of Soviet Ukraine after Stalin’s death in 1953 until the perestroika of the 1980s.

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1000580660

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Pushkin Hills

By: Sergei Dovlatov

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Pushkin Hills

By: Sergei Dovlatov

An unsuccessful writer and an inveterate alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov has recently divorced his wife Tatyana, and he is running out of money. The prospect of a summer job as a tour guide at the Pushkin Hills Preserve offers him hope of regaining some balance in life as his wife makes plans to emigrate to the West with their daughter Masha, but during Alikhanov's stay in the rural estate of Mikhaylovskoye, his life continues to unravel. Populated with unforgettable characters—including Alikhanov's fellow guides Mitrofanov and Pototsky, and the KGB officer Belyaev—Pushkin Hills ranks among Dovlatov's renowned works The Suitcase and The Zone as his most personal and poignant portrayal of the Russian attitude towards life and art.

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Character Assassination and Reputation Management

Theory and Applications

By: Eric B. Shiraev,Jennifer Keohane,Martijn Icks,Sergei A. Samoilenko

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Character Assassination and Reputation Management

Theory and Applications

By: Eric B. Shiraev,Jennifer Keohane,Martijn Icks,Sergei A. Samoilenko

This lively book offers the first comprehensive examination of character assassination. In modern politics as well as in historical times, character attacks abound. Words and images, like psychological weapons, have sullied or destroyed numerous individual reputations. How does character assassination "work" and when or why does it not? Are character attacks getting worse in the age of social media? Why do many people fail when they are under character attack? How should they prevent attacks and defend against them? Moving beyond discussions about corporate reputation management and public relations canons, Character Assassination and Reputation Management is designed to help understand, critically analyze, and effectively defend against such attacks. Written by an international and interdisciplinary team of experts, the book begins with a discussion of theoretical and applied features of the "five pillars" of character assassination: (1) the attacker, (2) the target, (3) the media, (4) the audience, and (5) the context. The remaining chapters present engaging in-depth discussions and case studies suitable for homework and class discussion. These cases include: Historic figures Leaders from modern times Women in politics U.S. presidents World leaders Political autocrats Democratic leaders Scientists Celebrities Featuring an extensive glossary of key terms, critical thinking exercises, and summaries to encourage problem-based learning, Character Assassination and Reputation Management will prove invaluable to the undergraduate and postgraduate students in communication, political science, global affairs, history, sociology, and psychology departments.

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042988110X

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5 Steps to a 5 500 AP European History Questions to Know by Test Day

By: Sergei Alschen,Thomas A. editor - Evangelist

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5 Steps to a 5 500 AP European History Questions to Know by Test Day

By: Sergei Alschen,Thomas A. editor - Evangelist

Contains five hundred practice questions, answers, and the explanations for the right and wrong answers to each question.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071774475

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The Goose Fritz

By: Sergei Lebedev

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The Goose Fritz

By: Sergei Lebedev

A man obsessively investigates the mysteries of his family’s past in this “brave and unflinching” novel by the acclaimed Russian author of Oblivion (The Financial Times). Sergei Lebedev’s first two novels, The Year of the Comet and Oblivion, established him as one of Russia’s most important contemporary novelists. Now he reaffirms that status with this third work of fiction. The Goose Fritz tells the story of a young Russian named Kirill, the sole survivor of a once numerous clan of German origin, who delves relentlessly into the unresolved past. When Krill’s ancestor, Balthasar Schwerdt, migrated to the Russian Empire in the early 1800s, he brought with him the practice of alternative medicine. He was then taken captive by an erratic nobleman who supplied entertainment to Catherine the Great in the form of dwarves, hunchbacks, and magicians. S earches archives and cemeteries across Europe, Kirill’s investigation takes us through centuries of turmoil during which none of Schwert’s descendants can escape their adoptive country’s cruel fate. Illuminating both personal and political history, “Lebedev muses in Tolstoyan fashion about [how] the actions of distant ancestors can fix the destinies of people hundreds of years later" (The Wall Street Journal).

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New Vessel Press

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1939931738

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The Return of the Russian Leviathan

By: Sergei Medvedev

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The Return of the Russian Leviathan

By: Sergei Medvedev

Winner of the 2020 Pushkin House Book Prize Russia’s relationship with its neighbours and with the West has worsened dramatically in recent years. Under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, the country has annexed Crimea, begun a war in Eastern Ukraine, used chemical weapons on the streets of the UK and created an army of Internet trolls to meddle in the US presidential elections. How should we understand this apparent relapse into aggressive imperialism and militarism? In this book, Sergei Medvedev argues that this new wave of Russian nationalism is the result of mentalities that have long been embedded within the Russian psyche. Whereas in the West, the turbulent social changes of the 1960s and a rising awareness of the legacy of colonialism have modernized attitudes, Russia has been stymied by an enduring sense of superiority over its neighbours alongside a painful nostalgia for empire. It is this infantilized and irrational worldview that Putin and others have exploited, as seen most clearly in Russia’s recent foreign policy decisions, including the annexation of Crimea. This sharp and insightful book, full of irony and humour, shows how the archaic forces of imperial revanchism have been brought back to life, shaking Russian society and threatening the outside world. It will be of great interest to anyone trying to understand the forces shaping Russian politics and society today. Also available as an audiobook.

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John Wiley & Sons

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150953606X

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America's Helping Hand

Paving the Way to Globalization (Eisenhower's Foreign Aid Policy and Politics)

By: Sergei Y. Shenin

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America's Helping Hand

Paving the Way to Globalization (Eisenhower's Foreign Aid Policy and Politics)

By: Sergei Y. Shenin

Since the end of the Second World War, economic assistance has turned into the extremely important instrument of regulating international relations. However, the significance of foreign aid becomes even greater for the periods of restructuring the system of international economic relations, when it is necessary to overcome nationalistic barriers in order to influence the character and direction of recipients' economic development. At the times of serious international political and military crises, foreign aid can change its destination from economic development to security goals. During Eisenhower's presidency the struggle between these two tendencies, which were formulated in the so-called 'development assistance' and 'mutual security' doctrines, was waged particularly aggressively and uncompromisingly, since the control over foreign aid allowed any party to direct, to a considerable degree, the entire world order building process.

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Nova Publishers

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1594544298

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Vekhi (Landmarks)

By: Nikolai Berdiaev,Sergei Bulgakov,Semen Frank,Mikhail Gershenzon,Aleksandr Izgoev

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Vekhi (Landmarks)

By: Nikolai Berdiaev,Sergei Bulgakov,Semen Frank,Mikhail Gershenzon,Aleksandr Izgoev

A collection of essays first published in Moscow in 1909. Writing from various points of view, the authors reflect the diverse experiences of Russia's failed 1905 revolution. Condemned by Lenin and rediscoverd by dissidents, this translation has relevance for discussions on contemporary Russia.

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M.E. Sharpe

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076563225X

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5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP European History Questions to Know by Test Day, Third Edition

By: Anaxos Inc.,Sergei Alschen

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5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP European History Questions to Know by Test Day, Third Edition

By: Anaxos Inc.,Sergei Alschen

500 AP style questions with detailed answer explanations to prepare you for what you’ll see on test day From the Renaissance and the Rise of Sovereignty to Nationalism, the Cold War and beyond—there is a lot of subject matter to know if you want to succeed on your AP European History exam. That’s why we’ve selected these 500 AP-style questions and answers that cover all topics found on this exam. The targeted questions will prepare you for what you’ll see on test day, help you study more effectively, and use your review time wisely to achieve your best score. Each question includes a concise, easy-to-follow explanation in the answer key. You can use these questions to supplement your overall AP European History preparation or run them shortly before the test. Either way, 5 Steps to a 5: 500 European History Questions will get you closer to achieving the score you want on test day.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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1260459780

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The Zone

A Prison Camp Guard's Story

By: Sergei Dovlatov

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The Zone

A Prison Camp Guard's Story

By: Sergei Dovlatov

Written in Sergei Dovlatov's unique voice and unmatched style, The Zone is a satirical novelization of Dovlatov's time as a prison guard for the Soviet Army in the early 1960s. Snapshots of the prison are juxtaposed with the narrator's letters to Igor Markovich of Hermitage Press in which he urges Igor to publish the very book we're reading. As Igor receives portions of the prison camp manuscript, so too does the reader. Arguably Dovlatov's most significant work, The Zone illuminates the twisted absurdity of the life of a prison guard: "Almost any prisoner would have been suited to the role of a guard. Almost any guard deserved a prison term." Full of Dovlatov's trademark dark humor and dry wit, The Zone's narrator is an extension of his author, and the book fittingly begins with the following disclaimer: "The names, events, and dates given here are all real. I invented only those details that were not essential. Therefore, any resemblance between the characters in this book and living people is intentional and malicious. And all fictionalizing was unexpected and accidental." What follows is a complex novel that captures two sides of Dovlatov: the writer and the man.

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Catapult

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1619020343

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5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP European History Questions to Know by Test Day, Second Edition

By: Anaxos Inc.,Sergei Alschen

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5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP European History Questions to Know by Test Day, Second Edition

By: Anaxos Inc.,Sergei Alschen

500 Ways to achieve your highest score From the Renaissance and the Rise of Sovereignty to Nationalism, the Cold War and beyond --there is a lot of subject matter to know if you want to succeed on your AP European History exam. That’s why we’ve selected these 500 AP-style questions and answers that cover all topics found on this exam. The targeted questions will prepare you for what you’ll see on test day, help you study more effectively, and use your review time wisely to achieve your best score. Each question includes a concise, easy-to-follow explanation in the answer key. You can use these questions to supplement your overall AP European History preparation or run them shortly before the test. Either way, 5 Steps to a 5 500 European History Questions will get you closer to achieving the score you want on test day.

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1259836703

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Biopolitics of Stalinism

Ideology and Life in Soviet Socialism

By: Sergei Prozorov

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Biopolitics of Stalinism

Ideology and Life in Soviet Socialism

By: Sergei Prozorov

Western theories of biopolitics focus on its liberal and fascist rationalities. In opposition to this, Stalinism is oriented more towards transforming life in accordance with the communist ideal, and less towards protecting it. Sergei Prozorov reconstructs this rationality in the early Stalinist project of the Great Break (1928-32) and its subsequent modifications during High Stalinism. He then relocates the question of biopolitics down to the level of the subject, tracing the way the 'new Soviet person' was to be produced in governmental practices and the role that violence and terror would play in this construction. Throughout, he engages with the canonical theories of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben and Roberto Esposito, and the 'new materialist' theories of Michel Henry, Quentin Meillassoux and Catherine Malabou to critique the conventional approaches to biopolitics

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474410553

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Spy Pilot

Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy

By: Francis Gary Powers (Jr.),Francis Gary Powers,Keith Dunnavant,Sergei Krushchev

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Spy Pilot

Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy

By: Francis Gary Powers (Jr.),Francis Gary Powers,Keith Dunnavant,Sergei Krushchev

One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. Powers was captured by the KGB, subjected to a televised show trial, and imprisoned, all of which created an international incident. Soviet authorities eventually released him in exchange for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. On his return to the United States, Powers was exonerated of any wrongdoing while imprisoned in Russia, yet a cloud of controversy lingered until his untimely death in 1977. Now his son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., has written this new account of his father's life based on personal files that have never been previously available. Delving into old audio tapes, the transcript of his father's debriefing by the CIA, other recently declassified documents about the U-2 program, and interviews with his contemporaries, Powers sets the record straight. The result is a fascinating piece of Cold War history. Almost sixty years after the event, this will be the definitive account of a famous Cold War incident, one proving that Francis Gary Powers acted honorably through a trying ordeal in service to his country.

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