The Maisky diaries : red ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943
Maiskii, I. M. (Ivan Mikhailovich), 1884-19752015
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The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A remarkable exception is the unique diary assiduously kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador to London between 1932 and 1943. This selection from Maisky's diary, never before published in English, grippingly documents Britain's drift to war during the 1930s, appeasement in the Munich era, negotiations leading to the signature of the Ribbentrop Molotov Pact, Churchill's rise to power, the German invasion of Russia, and the intense debate over the opening of the second front.
Main title:
The Maisky diaries : red ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943 / edited by Gabriel Gorodetsky.
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Collation:
448 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Russian.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300180671 (hbk)
Dewey class:
327.47
Language:
EnglishRussian
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Subject:
Maiskii, I. M. (Ivan Mikhailovich), 1884-1975 -- DiariesSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1917-1945Ambassadors -- Great Britain -- DiariesAmbassadors -- Soviet Union -- DiariesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic historySoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- SourcesGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Sources
BRN:
1471728