A portrait of the head of the Soviet Union whose rule followed Stalin's identifies his impact on the country and the rest of the world, citing how his career reflected of the Soviet experience and tracing his efforts to reform communism and ease the cold war. Reprint. 20,000 first printing Note on Russian and Ukrainian Usage IX Preface XI Introduction XVII 1. The Fall: October 1964 3(15) 2. Kalinovka's Own: 1894-1908 18(12) 3. Making It as a Metalworker: 1908-1917 30(15) 4. To Be or Not to Be an Apparatchik: 1918-1929 45(27) 5. Stalin's Pet: 1929-1937 72(42) 6. Stalin's Viceroy: 1938-1941 114(33) 7. Khrushchev at War: 1941-1944 147(32) 8. Ukrainian Viceroy Again: 1944-1949 179(29) 9. The Heir Nonapparent: 1949-1953 208(28) 10. Almost Triumphant: 1953-1955 236(34) 11. From the Secret Speech to the Hungarian Revolution: 1956 270(30) 12. The Jaws of Victory: 1956-1957 300(25) 13. The Wider World: 1917-1957 325(36) 14. Alone at the Top: 1957-1960 361(35) 15. The Berlin Crisis and the American Trip: 1958-1959 396(46) 16. From the U-2 to the UN Shoe: April-September 1960 442(38) 17. Khrushchev and Kennedy: 1960-1961 480(27) 18. "A Communist Society Will Be Just about Built by 1980": 1961-1962 507(22) 19. The Cuban Cure-all: 1962 529(49) 20. The Unraveling: 1962-1964 578(42) 21. After the Fall: 1964-1971 620(27) Epilogue 647(6) Abbreviations 653(4) Notes 657(136) Bibliography 793(32) Glossary 825(2) Acknowledgments 827(4) Index 831