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06006aam a2200517 i 4500 001 EDF24E6E1DF111EDA8BEF4A423ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220817010036 008 210415t20222022enka b 001 0beng 010 $a 2021018040 020 $a 1838606386 020 $a 9781838606381 035 $a (OCoLC)1227916961 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d CDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d PAU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- 050 00 $a DK275.B7 $b S3313 2022 082 00 $a 947.085/3092 $2 23 100 1 $a Schattenberg, Susanne, $e author. 240 10 $a Leonid Breschnew, Staatsmann und Schauspieler im Schatten Stalins. $l English 245 10 $a Brezhnev : $b the making of a statesman / $c Susanne Schattenberg ; translated by John Heath. 246 30 $a Making of a statesman 264 1 $a London, UK ; $b I.B. Tauris, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, $c 2022. 300 $a xviii, 484 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Originally published in German in 2019 by Bohlau Verlag, Koln, as "Leonid Breschnew, Staatsmann und Schauspieler im Schatten Stalins: Eine Biographie." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-471) and index. 520 $a "Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for eighteen years, a term of leadership second only in length to that of Stalin. He presided over the Brezhnev Doctrine, which accelerated the Cold War, and led the Soviet Union through catastrophic foreign policy decisions such as the invasion of Afghanistan. To many in the West, he is responsible for the stagnation (and to some even collapse) of the Soviet Union. But much of this history has been based on the only two English-language biographies (both published before Brezhnev's death and without access to archival sources) and Brezhnev's own astonishingly untrue memoirs--written for propaganda purposes. Newly translated from German, Schattenberg's magisterial book systematically dismantles the stereotypical and one-dimensional view of Brezhnev as the stagnating Stalinist by drawing on a wealth of archival research and documents not previously studied in English. The Brezhnev that emerges is a complex one, from his early apolitical years, when he dreamed of becoming an actor, through his swift and surprising rise through the Party ranks. From his hitherto misunderstood role in Khrushchev's ousting and appointment as his successor, to his somewhat pro-Western foreign policy aims, deft consolidation and management of power, and ultimate descent into addiction and untimely death. For Schattenberg, this is the story of a flawed and ineffectual idealist--for the West, this biography makes a convincing case that Brezhnev should be reappraised as one of the most interesting and important political figures of the twentieth century"-- $c Provided by publisher. 546 $a Translated from the German. 505 00 $a Machine generated contents note: $t Author's interviews. $t Archives and files -- $t Brezhnev's `memoirs' -- $t Brezhnev's `diaries' and his photographer -- $g 9. $t Dreams of the Stage, or an Ordinary Soviet Man -- $t Striving for education and bourgeois prosperity -- $t Time out of joint: revolution and civil war, 1917-1920 -- $t Land manager in turbulent times, 1927-1930 -- $t Evening classes and activism, 1931-1935 -- $t Shock worker-engineer and director again, 1935/36 -- $g 2. $t `How the Steel was Tempered', or a Career Amidst Terror and War -- $t Rise during the Great Terror -- $t The `Great Patriotic War' -- $t In the Carpathians -- $g 3. $t In Stalin's Shadow, or a General Secretary's Apprenticeship I -- $t Patronage -- $t Zaporozhye -- $t Dnepropetrovsk -- $t In Moldavia -- $t Stalin's extra in Moscow -- $g 4. $t Under Khrushchev, or a General Secretary's Apprenticeship II -- $t Virgin lands under the plough -- $t Khrushchev's right-hand man -- $t President of the Soviet Union -- $t Khrushchev ousted -- $g 5. $t The Caring General Secretary, or Collective Leadership as Theatre -- $t Trust and care: Brezhnev's scenario of power -- $t Familiarity in the Politburo, or Lenya, Kostya and Andryusha -- $t Male bonding -- $g 6. $t Live and Let Live, or `Everyone should be able to live and work in peace' -- $t Benefactor and carer -- $t The consumption course -- $t Brezhnev versus Kosygin and Gosplan -- $t `The cadres decide everything' -- $g 7. $t `Developed Socialism', or Re-launching the Soviet Project? -- $t `Developed socialism' -- $t Re-Stalinization? -- $t `We are heroes': the cult of the Second World War -- $t The BAM -- the last of the Mohicans -- $g 8. $t Emotions and Pills in the Cold War, or How to Play the Western Statesman -- $t Concordia domi... or consensus in the East... -- $t ... Foris pax, or peace with the West -- $t The return to mistrust -- $t Faltering foreign policy -- $g 9. $t Craving Glory and Physical Decline, or the Loneliness of the General Secretary -- $t The cult of personality -- $t Addiction -- $t Family and death -- $t Epilogue -- $t Notes -- $t Sources and Bibliography -- $t Archives -- $t Memoirs and documents -- $t Author's interviews. 600 10 $a Brezhnev, Leonid Il£ich, $d 1906-1982. 600 17 $a Brezhnev, Leonid Il£ich, $d 1906-1982. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00040110 650 0 $a Heads of state $z Soviet Union $v Biography. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Politics and government $y 1953-1985. 650 6 $a Chefs d'Etat $z URSS $v Biographies. 651 6 $a URSS $x Politique et gouvernement $y 1953-1985. 650 7 $a Heads of state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00952677 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Soviet Union. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210281 648 7 $a 1953-1985 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 700 1 $a Heath, John $e translator 776 08 $i Online version: $a Schattenberg, Susanne. $t Brezhnev $d London, UK ; New York, NY : I.B. 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