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Beria
Amy Knight
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Description for Beria
Paperback. Lavrentii Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. This is a biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
This is the first comprehensive biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. Yet because his political opponents expunged his name from public memory after his dramatic arrest and execution in 1953, little has been previously published about his long and tumultuous career.
This is the first comprehensive biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. Yet because his political opponents expunged his name from public memory after his dramatic arrest and execution in 1953, little has been previously published about his long and tumultuous career.
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
538g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691010939
SKU
V9780691010939
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Ref
99-1
About Amy Knight
Amy Knight is a Senior Research Analyst at the Library of Congress and a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow. She is also the author of The KGB: Police and Politics in the Soviet Union.
Reviews for Beria
"This smoothly written book is laudable, not just for its speculation on the Beria that might have been, but also for its naked portrait of the Beria that was."
David Gordon, Newsweek, International Edition "The first serious book-length study of Beria's public career... Knight's staidness and deliberation bring a refreshing change of approach... A major contribution to our knowledge of Soviet ... Read more
David Gordon, Newsweek, International Edition "The first serious book-length study of Beria's public career... Knight's staidness and deliberation bring a refreshing change of approach... A major contribution to our knowledge of Soviet ... Read more