The Khrushchev Era, 1953-1964History and politics students alike will welcome this new Seminar Study which analyses the Khrushchev era -- a critical period of Soviet and world history. It was Khrushchev who, in 1957, finally filled the political vacuum left by the death of Stalin in 1953. He was an erratic, impulsive, inspirational and innovative leader who addressed the fundamental problems of the country - and yet he was, Martin McCauley argues, "a brilliant failure''. In this study the author explores all aspects of the Khrushchev era: including reforms in agriculture, economic policy, crises in Eastern Europe, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, de-Stalinisation and Khrushchev's attempts to reform the Communist Party. |
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... China in its conflict with Taiwan and the United States . The Chinese also asked for Soviet help in developing a nuclear capacity . Mao understood Khrushchev to have agreed , but Moscow always denied this . The Lebanon During the summer ...
... Chinese . He had only a brief meeting with Mao , who explained that he was too busy . Tension was increasing between the Soviet and east European advisers and their Chinese hosts , bent as they were on implementing the “ Great Leap ...
... Chinese anger at the policies of the Soviet Union was not mere acting but the real thing . Border clashes between China and India , in early 1960 , added fuel to the fire . The Chinese took it for granted that Moscow would support them ...
Contents
Khrushchev in Moscow | 4 |
Rebuilding Ukraine | 11 |
DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS | 17 |
Copyright | |
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