On Stalin's team : the years of living dangerously in Soviet politics /

"Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes-men and political window dressing. On Stalin's Team overturns this view, revealing that behind Stalin were a group of loyal men who formed a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fitzpatrick, Sheila (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953. Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953 > Friends and associates. Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953. Politicians > Soviet Union > Biography. Soviet Union > History > 1936-1953 > Biography. Political culture > Soviet Union > History. HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. HISTORY / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. Biography. History. 1936 - 1953 Friendship. Political culture. Politicians. Politics and government. Soviet Union.

Table of Contents:

The team emerges
The great break
In power
The team on view
The great purges
Into war
Postwar hopes
Aging leader
Without Stalin
End of the road.