Spies & Commissars
(Sprache: Englisch)
Die Revolution und der Rückzug der Russen aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg hatten einen diplomatischen Exodus aus Moskau zur Folge. Die üblichen Wege, an wichtigen Informationen zu gelangen, waren damit verschlossen. In diese Leere trat eine außergewöhnliche...
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Die Revolution und der Rückzug der Russen aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg hatten einen diplomatischen Exodus aus Moskau zur Folge. Die üblichen Wege, an wichtigen Informationen zu gelangen, waren damit verschlossen. In diese Leere trat eine außergewöhnliche Sammlung von Opportunisten, Journalisten und Spionen, die mit Informationen zwischen Ost und West handelten.
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In the immediate aftermath of the Revolution, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe. Lenin and Trotsky were equally anxious that the Communist vision they were busy introducing in Russia should do just that. But neither side knew anything about the other. The revolution and Russia's withdrawal from the First World War had ensured a diplomatic exodus from Moscow and the usual routes to vital information had been closed off. Into this void stepped an extraordinary collection of opportunists, journalists and spies - sometimes indeed journalists who were spies and vice versa: in Moscow Britain's Arthur Ransome, the American John Reed and Sidney Reilly - 'Ace of Spies' - all traded information and brokered deals between Russia and the West; in Berlin, Paris and London, the likes of Maxim Litvinov, Adolf Ioffe and Kamenev tried to infiltrate the political elite and influence foreign policy to the Bolshevik's advantage. Robert Service, acclaimed historian and one of our finest commentators on matters Soviet, turns his meticulous eye to this ragtag group of people and, with narrative flair and impeccable research, reveals one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century.
Autoren-Porträt von Robert Service
Service, RobertRobert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and of St Anthony's College, Oxford. He has written several books, including the highly acclaimed Lenin: A Biography, Russia: Experiment with a People , Stalin: A Biography and Comrades: A History of World Communism, as well as many other books on Russia's past and present. Trotsky: A Biography was awarded the 2009 Duff Cooper Prize. Married with four children, he lives in London.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Robert Service
- Altersempfehlung: 18 - 99 Jahre
- Unabridged ed, 464 Seiten, 43 Abbildungen, Maße: 13,1 x 19,8 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International
- ISBN-10: 0330517287
- ISBN-13: 9780330517287
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.06.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Library Journal""[A] well-researched, detailed, and thoughtful analysis of the Russian Revolution, here removed from the global vacuum into which it is often relegated.... Service is careful not to lose focus on the cultural, political, and economic weight that the revolution brought to a dispirited Russia.... [A] nuanced and important contribution to the history of the Russian Revolution. Readers of Russian and early Soviet history, both in and out of academia, will find it illuminating.""Kirkus Reviews" "Careful, dense scholarly study" that "paints detailed portraits of the revolutionary principals and their sometimes-surprising allies and enemies."
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