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w> ~^> ' $6.00 THE GRAND TACTICIAN Khrushchev's Rise to Power By Lazar Pistrak This remarkable study— the first detailed account of Khrushchev's early career and ascent to power- follows every step of his precarious journey from shepherd and lock- smith to t he pinnacle of Soviet au- thority. Iti s a d iscerning, richly doc- umented record of the forces and circumstances which helped shape the personality of the man who con- trols the d estinies of the vast Soviet empire— and whose control of that empire threatens the security of the entire world. In his cautious climb to the top, Khrushchev had no use for strong loyalties to either persons or prin- ciples. He played no part in the 1917 Revolution, nor did he distin- guish himself in the Civil War that followed. His accomplishments in the Partisan movement during World War II were hardly spec- tacular. He w as neither trade-union leader nor theoretician. I l is true gift was his mastery of the game of politics, Soviet-style. With painstaking accuracy, the author documents Khrushchev's key role in the solidification of Russia's dictatorship and in the emergence (Continued on hack fid})) .' Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/grandtacticiankhOOpist THE GRAND TACTICIAN Khrushchev's Rise to Power THE GRAND TACTICIAN Khrushchev's Rise to Power by LAZAR PISTRAK ^ FREDERICK A. PRAEGER, Publisher New York BOOKS THAT MATTER Published in the United States of America in 1961 by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publisher 64 University Place, New York 3, N. Y. Second Printing, May 1961 All rights reserved © 1961 by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-9229 This book is Number 87 in the series of Praeger Publications in Russian History and World Communism Manufactured in the United States of America To Nina
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