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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Majskij, Ivan Mihajlovič (1884-1975)
Titre(s) : The Maisky diaries [Texte imprimé] : red ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943 / edited by Gabriel Gorodetsky ; translated Tatiana Sorokina and Oliver Ready
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) : Yale University Press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XLVII-584 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Gorodetsky, Gabriel (1945-....). Éditeur scientifique
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Red ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943
Sujet(s) : Majskij, Ivan Mihajlovič (1884-1975)
Diplomates soviétiques -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1900-1945
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Histoire diplomatique
Service diplomatique et consulaire soviétique -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1900-1945
Relations extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne -- URSS -- 1900-1945
Relations extérieures -- URSS -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1900-1945
Genre ou forme : Journaux intimes
Récits personnels
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300180671. - ISBN 0300180675
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44343081x
Notice n° :
FRBNF44343081
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