books about: commissar     books:     Commissar      The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia David King Metropolitan Books, 1997 A rare gem A true gem of a book, dealing with a subject that is much overlooked. As the inspiration for Orwell's 1984 revising history, it is a chilling look at early Soviet attempts to rewrite history by erasing people from photos. Watching a photo of 5 men dwindle down to a ...             The King's Commissar Duncan Kyle St Martins Mass Market Paper, 1985             Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: Commissar (1918-1945) Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005 "Every autobiography is concerned with two characters a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self." W.H. Auden's aphorism forms an appropriate framework for reviewing The Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: Volume I. Although the Memoirs have more Don Quixote than Sancho Panza they are compelling, informative, ...             Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists Morris Rossabi University of California Press, 2005 Finally, someone said it! Long overdue! Modern Mongolia is an excellent book: balanced, easy to read and very insightful. I believe Dr. Rossaby deserves applause for being able to formulate in such a structured way all that new rulers (both Democrats and MPRP) and their advisors (USAID and IMF) inflicted on ...             The Armenians: From Kings and Priests to Merchants and Commissars Razmik Panossian Columbia University Press, 2006 Concise and Comprehensive Analysis of Armenian Identity I stumbled upon this book by chance in a library, opened it, skimmed through the first paragraph, and immediately set myself to the task of reading it in entirety. The writing is clear and concise - Panossian's intelligent prose illuminates the past, without pages and ...             Stalin's Loyal Executioner: People's Commissar Nikolai Ezhov, 1895-1940 Marc Jansen, Nikita V. Petrov Hoover Institution Press, 2002 Interesting account of a thimble-sized tyrant Not much is known about Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Ezhov, depending on how you like to write it), and until more archival material becomes available years from now, this book is likely to be the best consolidated source available on Yagoda's successor as Nachalnik NKVD. ...             The Commissar Sven Hassel Cassell, 2008 Sven Hassel, whose fact-based tales of Second World Warfare have sold millions, has created another horrific war novel, this time set on the deadly Russian front.  The Commissar had the biggest secret of the Russian war: 30 million dollars of Soviet gold hidden behind Russian lines and Porta was determined to make sure his band of prison soldiers ...             Comrades And Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War Cecil D. Eby Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007 An in-depth reference, composed by an author with a solid reputation for expertise, balance, and objectivity on the topic Written by retired Professor of English Cecil D. Eby, Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War is a fascinating history of 2,800 American fighters who formed a Battalion to fight against Generalissimo Francisco Franco and his right-wing ...             Caviar and Commissars: The Experiences of a U.S. Naval Officer in Stalin's Russia Kemp Tolley US Naval Institute Press, 2003 much to enjoy and appreciate here Kemp Tolley was an attache to the Soviet Navy during WWII. He wrote this book during the late Cold War, which makes its general fairness all the more impressive. Don't be fooled by the title, which sounds like some sort of role-playing game--this is a keeper. ...             Blood and Fire, Tsar and Commissar: The Salvation Army in Russia, 1907-1923 (Studies in Christian History and ... Tom Aitken Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2008             Commissar;: The life and death of Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria Tadeusz Wittlin MacMillan, 1972             The commissar took care Moshe Ayzenbud Globe Press, 1986 This book relates to his suffering in Russia during WWII This book shows the soviet system in relation to human rights with innocent people. This shows how innocent people suffered in Siberia without food, shelter, shows, clothes, all in freezing wheather, when you thought that no one else you loved for or cared about would ...             Commissar and Mullah: Soviet-Muslim Policy from 1917 to 1924 Glenn, L. Roberts Dissertation.Com, 2007 During the revolutionary period the Soviets came into political and cultural conflict with Russia?s Muslims. Despite indications that the majority of Muslims desired political unification based on their Islamic heritage, the Party divided them into separate "nationalities" along narrow ethnic lines, incorporated most into the RSFSR, and ...          products you might be interested in search for books capitalists, executioner, experiences, falsification, photographs, soviet-muslim      toavi.com    web we recommend A rare gem randomly chosen Blogging for Beginners: Catch Up on the Blogosphere in the 21st Century!