The operational code of the Politburo. by Leites, Nathan, 1912-1987

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The lost Politburo transcripts : from collective rule to Stalin's dictatorship /

Table of Contents: “…Findings and perspectives / Norman Naimark -- The Politburo's role as revealed by the lost transcripts / Paul Gregory -- Stalin in the light of the Politburo transcripts / Hiroaki Kuromiya -- "Class bothers unite!" …”
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The lost Politburo transcripts from collective rule to Stalin's dictatorship /

Table of Contents: “…Findings and perspectives / Norman Naimark -- The Politburo's role as revealed by the lost transcripts / Paul Gregory -- Stalin in the light of the Politburo transcripts / Hiroaki Kuromiya -- "Class bothers unite!" …”
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The Brezhnev Politburo and the decline of detente / by Gelman, Harry, 1930-

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Central documents and Politburo politics in China / by Lieberthal, Kenneth

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China : The Corrupt Republic

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China The Corrupt Republic

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Stalin : a new history

Table of Contents: “…Stalin as Prime Minister : power and the Politburo /…”
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Powerful and brutal weapons : Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive by Randolph, Stephen P., 1952-

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A Long Goodbye : the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan by Kalinovsky, Artemy M.

Table of Contents: “…The reluctant intervention -- The turn toward diplomacy -- Gorbachev confronts Afghanistan -- The national reconciliation campaign -- Engaging with the Americans -- The Army withdraws and the Politburo debates -- Soviet policy adrift.…”
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A long goodbye the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan by Kalinovsky, Artemy M.

Table of Contents: “…The reluctant intervention -- The turn toward diplomacy -- Gorbachev confronts Afghanistan -- The national reconciliation campaign -- Engaging with the Americans -- The Army withdraws and the Politburo debates -- Soviet policy adrift.…”
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Cold peace : Stalin and the Soviet ruling circle, 1945-1953 by Gorlizki, Yoram, Khlevni︠u︡k, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich)

Table of Contents: “…A return to order -- State building Stalin-style -- The Politburo's last purge -- Peaceful coexistence : collective leadership and Stalinist control -- Awakening to crisis -- Stalin's last struggle.…”
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Don't make no waves--don't back no losers : an insider's analysis of the Daley machine by Rakove, Milton L.

Table of Contents: “…. -- The mayor, the big precinct captain in the sky. -- Daley's politburo. -- The ward organizations. -- The machine and the Democratic Party. -- The machine and the political opposition. -- Government and the machine. -- Whither the machine?…”


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Master of the house : Stalin and his inner circle by Khlevni︠u︡k, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich)

Table of Contents: “…The Stalinization of the Politburo, 1928-1930 -- Power in crisis, 1931-1933 -- A facade of liberalization, 1934 -- Terror and conciliation, 1935-1936 -- Stalin and the great terror, 1937-1938 -- On the eve of war : the new structure of Stalin's government -- Conclusion : master of the house.…”
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Master of the house Stalin and his inner circle by Khlevni︠u︡k, O. V. (Oleg Vitalʹevich)

Table of Contents: “…The Stalinization of the politburo, 1928-1930 -- Power in crisis, 1931-933 -- A facade of liberalization, 1934 -- Terror and conciliation, 1935-1936 -- Stalin and the great terror, 1937-1938 -- On the eve of war : the new structure of Stalin's government -- Conclusion : master of the houses.…”
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Passport to Peking a very British mission to Mao's China by Wright, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…One good elk and dinner with the Politburo (Moscow) -- pt. 3. Anticipating China (Moscow to Ulan Bator) -- pt. 4. …”
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Communism in North Vietnam : its role in the Sino-Soviet dispute by Honey, P. J.

Table of Contents: “…Ho Chi Minh ; Pham Van Dong ; Vo Nguyen Giap ; Antagonism between Vo Nguyen Giap and Truong Chinh ; Truong Chinh ; Le Duan ; Other politburo members ; Other leaders -- From Chinese dependent to communist neutral. …”


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1989-The Fall of the Berlin Wall

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Passport to Peking : a very British mission to Mao's China by Wright, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…One Good Elk and Dinner with the Politburo (Moscow); Part III. Anticipating China (Moscow to Ulan Bator); Part IV. …”
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Gorbachev by Medvedev, Zhores A., 1925-2018

Table of Contents: “…The Making of a General Secretary -- The General Secretary is dead, long live the General Secretary -- Childhood and youth -- The young Gorbachev in Stavropol -- Kraikom secretary -- In charge of agriculture in the Politburo -- Andropov's ally -- Second-in-command -- Gorbachev in Power -- Changing the Kremlin guard -- Getting the country moving -- Domestic policy -- New diplomacy, but the same old foreign policy.…”


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