The Maisky diaries : Red ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943 /

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 selecti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maĭskiĭ, I. M. (Ivan Mikhaĭlovich), 1884-1975
Otros Autores: Gorodetsky, Gabriel, 1945- (Editor ), Sorokina, Tatiana (Translator) (Traductor), Ready, Oliver, 1976- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Ruso
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Maĭskiĭ, I. M. > (Ivan Mikhaĭlovich), > 1884-1975.
Majskij, Ivan Michajlovič > 1884-1975
1917 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
Ambassadors > Great Britain > Diaries.
Ambassadors > Soviet Union > Diaries.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire diplomatique.
Ambassadeurs > Grande-Bretagne > Journaux intimes.
Ambassadeurs > URSS > Journaux intimes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Ambassadors.
Diplomatic history.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomatie
Ryska diplomater.
Ambassadörer.
Diplomatiska förbindelser > historia.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1917-1945.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Great Britain > Sources.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Soviet Union > Sources.
URSS > Relations extérieures > 1917-1945.
URSS > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne > Sources.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > URSS > Sources.
Great Britain.
Soviet Union.
Großbritannien
Sowjetunion
diaries.
Sources.
Diaries.
Journaux intimes.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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. Maisky was distinguished by his great sociability and access to the key players in British public life. Among his range of regular contacts were politicians (including Churchill, Chamberlain, Eden, and Halifax), press barons (Beaverbrook), ambassadors (Joseph Kennedy), intellectuals (Keynes, Sidney and Beatrice Webb), writers (George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells), and indeed royalty. His diary further reveals the role personal rivalries within the Kremlin played in the formulation of Soviet policy at the time.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xlvii, 584 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300217339
0300217331
0300180675
9780300180671

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