The Complete Maisky Diaries : Volumes 1-3 / Ivan Maisky; Gabriel Gorodetsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maisky, Ivan, Author.

Contributor:

Gorodetsky, Gabriel, Editor.

Sorokina, Tatiana

Series:

Annals of Communism

Annals of Communism Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1536 p.) : 131 b-w illus.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The complete diaries that Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London, kept between 1932 and 1943 Confiscated by Soviet authorities in the 1950s, the diaries of Ivan Maisky, the USSR's ambassador to Great Britain from 1932 to 1943, have been unearthed, annotated, and edited for publication in a three-volume set that Niall Ferguson predicts ";will stand as one of the great achievements of twenty-first century historical scholarship."; Maisky's revelations illuminate Soviet foreign policy in the years prior to and during World War II, providing fascinating perspectives on London's political life and climate, key figures and events, and the Kremlin rivalries that influenced Soviet policy.Volume 1: The Rise of Hitler and the Gathering Clouds of War, 1932-1938Volume 2: The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and the Battle of Britain, 1939-1940Volume 3: The German Invasion of Russia and the Forging of the Grand Alliance, 1941-19

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Making of a Soviet Diplomat

Volume 1. The Rise of Hitler and the Gathering Clouds of War

Prelude

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Notes to Volume 1

Volume 2. The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and the Battle of Britain

1939

1940

Notes to Volume 2

Volume 3. The German Invasion of Russia and the Forging of the Grand Alliance

1941

1942

1943

End of an Era: Maisky's Recall

The Price of Fame: A Late Repression

Notes to Volume 3

Select Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index of Names and Places

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-23149-0

OCLC:

1143802039