Beria
Subtitle: Stalin's First Lieutenant
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780691010939
Subjects: Berii︠a︡, L. P. -- 1899-1953; Communism -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953
Description: Biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized the evils of Stalinism, yet because his political opponents removed his name from public memory after his execution in 1953, little is known of him
Notes: Readership level: Undergraduate; Postgraduate; Research/professional

Publication date: 12/02/1996

Includes bibliographic references (p. [281]-294) and index

Special Collections copy: from the estate of André and Catherine de Saint-Rat
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Map of Georgia, 1991; title: Chronology of Beria's life; title: Abbreviations; title: Introduction; title: [1]. Early life and career; title: [2]. Service in the Georgian political police; title: [3]. Leader of Georgia and Transcaucasia; title: [4]. The purges in Georgia; title: [5]. Master of the Lubianka; title: [6]. The war years; title: [7]. Kremlin politics after the war; title: [8]. Beria under fire. 1950-1953; title: [9]. The downfall of Beria; title: [10]. The aftermath; title: [11]. Beria reconsidered; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index