McNeal, Robert Hatch, 1930-

The Bolshevik tradition : Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev / [electronic resource] Robert H. McNeal. - 2d ed. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1975] - xi, 210 p. ; 21 cm. - A Spectrum book .

First ed. published in 1963 under title: The Bolshevik tradition: Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-204) and index.

1: Lenin -- The young intelligent -- The quest for a party -- The crucible of revolution -- Failure in triumph -- Lenin and the Bolshevik tradition -- 2: From cottage to Kremlin -- Preserving the Monolith -- The age of Stalin: the myth and the machine -- The age of Stalin: terror and Utopia -- The age of Stalin: security and imperialism -- Stalin and the Bolshevik tradition -- 3: Khrushchev -- The education of a Stalinist -- The triumph of the first secretary -- Khrushchev's communism -- Khrushchev and the Bolshevik tradition -- 4: Brezhnev -- The ungrateful protégé -- Dekhrushchevization -- The primacy of the general secretary -- The Bolshevik tradition in perspective.

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Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
Brezhnev, Leonid Ilich, 1906-1982.
Lénine, 1870-1924.
Staline, Joseph, 1879-1953.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
Breznev, Leonid Ilic, 1906-1982.


Communism--Soviet Union.
Communisme.
Communisme--URSS.


Soviet Union--Politics and government.
Russia--Politics and government--1917-
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1953-1985.

DK268.A1 / M3 1975

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