Khrushchev: A Political Life

'a vivid startling biography ... drawing on a wealth of untapped material from Moscow archives ... This reassessment makes a cogent case for Khrushchev's regime as a harbinger of Gorbachev's perestroika' - Publishers Weekly

• Acknowledgements - The Donbass Bolshevik: Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1894-1929 - The City Father: Moscow, 1929-37 - The Viceroy: Kiev, 1938-44 - The Counter-heir: Kiev and Moscow, 1944-53 - First Among Equals: Struggles within the Presidium, 1953-55 - Dethroning Stalin: The Secret Speech and its Aftermath, 1955-57 - Khrushchev Triumphant: The Drive for Supremacy, 1957-59 - Frustration: High Hopes and Bitter Disappointments, 1959-60 - From Crisis to Crisis: The Cold War Renewed, 1960-62 - The Fall: Removal and Retirement, 1962-71 - Notes - Bibliography - Index