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Author:

Solovʹev, Vladimir.

Title:

Yuri Andropov, a secret passage into the Kremlin / Vladimir Solovyov and Elena Klepikova ; translated by Guy Daniels, in collaboration with the authors.

Publisher:

Collier Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

c1983

Description:

xiv, 302 p. : ill., [8] p. of plates ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Andropov, I͡U. V.--(I͡Uriĭ Vladimirovich),--1914-1984.
Heads of state--Soviet Union--Biography.
Andropov, Jurij Vladimirovič,--1914-1984.
Chefs d'État--URSS--Biographies.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement.

Other Authors:

Klepikova, Elena.

Other Titles:

I͡Uriĭ Andropov--taĭnyĭ khod v Kremlʹ. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-295) and index.

Contents:

The Hungarian debut -- A lucky ticket: the KGB -- Russian nationalism: the KGBs ideological stake -- Andropov's caucasian "rehearsals" -- The crushing of dissent and the campaign against detente -- Andropov in the Politburo: at home among strangers, a stranger at home -- The alliance with the military and the invasion of Afghanistan on Christmas Eve 1979 -- The Dnepropetrovsk mafia and the defeat in Poland -- Andropov's ultimatum -- Andropov's double self-portrait: at home and abroad -- A farewell glance from Lenin's tomb; or, an obituary of Brezhnev -- On the way to a police state: power without ideology.

ISBN:

9780026122900
0026122901

LCCN:

83012034

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

AEPA906 -- Blakesburg Public Library (Blakesburg)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

EVPA745 -- Mallard Public Library (Mallard)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)