Georgi Dimitrov: a biography
Georgi Dimitrov burst onto the international scene in 1933 as one of the Comintern operatives in Germany accused of the Reichstag fire. The Bulgarian Communist's spirited self-defence in the resulting Leipzig Trial made him a celebrity among Communists worldwide - particularly in the Soviet Union, where he became Secretary General of the Comintern after his acquittal. Popular opinion holds that this 'whirlwind', who defied Goering and the Nazis in full view of the world, subsequently became lit…
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- Full title :Georgi Dimitrov : a biography / Marietta Stankova.
Summary
Georgi Dimitrov burst onto the international scene in 1933 as one of the Comintern operatives in Germany accused of the Reichstag fire. The Bulgarian Communist's spirited self-defence in the resulting Leipzig Trial made him a celebrity among Communists worldwide - particularly in the Soviet Union, where he became Secretary General of the Comintern after his acquittal. Popular opinion holds that this 'whirlwind', who defied Goering and the Nazis in full view of the world, subsequently became little more than a rubber stamp for Stalin. This lucid and fascinating biography - the first in English.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, I.B. Tauris
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (273 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781441676351, 144167635X, 9780857712912, 0857712918
- oclc:ocn670428962
- LC Classification:DR88.D5
- Dewey Decimal:949.902092
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Series Foreword; Introduction: Why a Political Biography of Dimitrov?; 1. Rising Through the Ranks, 1902-21; 2. Revolt and Retreat, 1922-32; 3. From the Margins to 'Master' of the Comintern, 1930-9; 4. War, Not Revolution, 1939-44; 5. 'There Is No Return from Moscow', 1944-9; Conclusion: Why Murder Dimitrov?; Endnotes; Index.
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