Synopses & Reviews
This is the first comprehensive biography of Molotov and reflects the range of sources that have become available to historians since the fall of the USSR. It is a commentary on Soviet history. Molotov played his part in revolution, Civil War, Lenin's Russia, Stalin's struggle with the oppositions, collectivization, industrialization, the Terror, the Great Patriotic War, the beginnings of the Cold War, and in the Khrushchev era.
About the Author
Derek Watson is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham.
Table of Contents
Introduction * The Making of a Revolutionary * Forging the Bolshevik Regime * Party Secretary * The Struggle with the Oppositions, 1925-1927 * Stalin's Lieutenant, 1927-1929 * Change and Consolidation, 1929-1930 * Head of Government * Molotov and the Terror * 1939 - Molotov becomes Foreign Minister * The Nazi-Soviet Pact and After, 1939-1941 * The Great Patriotic War * The Diplomat at War * Stalin's Last Years, 1945-1953 * Unrepentant Stalinist, 1953-1957 * Last Years * Conclusion * Bibliography