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050 00 $aD754.R9$bM28 2015
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100 1 $aMaĭskiĭ, I. M.$q(Ivan Mikhaĭlovich),$d1884-1975,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Maisky diaries :$bred ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943 /$cedited by Gabriel Gorodetsky ; translated Tatiana Sorokina and Oliver Ready.
246 30 $aRed ambassador to the Court of St James's, 1932-1943
264 1 $aNew Haven [Connecticut] :$bYale University Press,$c[2015]
300 $axlvii, 584 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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500 $aTranslated from the Russian.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 $aThe 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.
600 10 $aMaĭskiĭ, I. M.$q(Ivan Mikhaĭlovich),$d1884-1975.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDiplomatic history.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$y1917-1945.
650 0 $aAmbassadors$zGreat Britain$vDiaries.
650 0 $aAmbassadors$zSoviet Union$vDiaries.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain$vSources.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union$vSources.
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611 27 $aWorld War (1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
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651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
651 7 $aSoviet Union.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210281
648 7 $a1917 - 1945$2fast
655 7 $aDiaries.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423794
655 7 $aSources.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423900
700 1 $aGorodetsky, Gabriel,$d1945-$eeditor.
852 00 $bglx$hD754.R9$iM28 2015