Khrushchev's Russia

Author: Edward Crankshaw
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1964
Condition: Softcover, Well Read, Mionr scuffs and dogears on book exterior, Minor foxing and annotations on book interior

This book deals neither with the Russia of the tourist nor with that much discussed enigma, the Russia of the conference room. There is a third country, Khrushchev's Russia, too seldom seen for what it is, too often confused with the mask it wears in the world arena. Edward Crankshaw shows that this, the real Russia, is a country of material progress and internal aims, of young people in a new mental climate, and with a dynamic leader who is first and foremost a superb practical administrator, not the showman-statesman Khrushchev often appears to us. The author gives a fascinating account of the Pasternak affair, and for this newe edition he has added a chapter to bring the book completely up to date; in it he discusses the issues of the past two years of so-- the U.2 incident, the 1960 Summit fiasco, Sino-Russian stresses, Soviet space achievements, and the increasing militancy of Khrushchev's manner and policy.