Men of Influence: Stalin's Diplomats in Europe, 1930-1939

Sabine Dullin; Richard Veasey; Editions Payot

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2008

Men of Influence

Stalin's Diplomats in Europe, 1930-1939

Sabine Dullin , Richard Veasey and Editions Payot

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474467872

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Making a notable addition to the new historiography of mid-twentieth-century Soviet history, Sabine Dullin has researched the history of Soviet diplomacy from 1930 to 1939 through a variety of now-accessible diplomatic, political, administrative and social archives. This book adds into the mix the memories and testimonies of diplomatic personnel.

The political system established by Stalin in the USSR during the 1930s has remained in part an enigma because little attention has been paid to those who made it function. Men of Influence sheds light on the workings of the Soviet bureaucracy and in particular the role of Maxim Litvinov, Soviet Foreign Minister, and his relations with Stalin. Sabine Dullin examines in detail Soviet foreign policy and the process of Stalinisation, and argues persuasively that these 'men of influence' were not simply agents of the Kremlin, but were able, through the 1930s and with the emergence of Soviet power on the eve of the Second World War, to initiate and pursue their own agendas.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Stalin’s actions and the part played by Litvinov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Diplomats who were not quite like the rest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
3. Tactical oscillations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
4. Gathering information, exerting influence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
5. The shadow of the Kremlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
6. Sidelined by the Soviet motherland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Map of the places referred to Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Diplomats before and after the purges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
Primary sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Keywords: History

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Published: October 10, 2008
ISBN: 9781474467872