| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
This book - a revised and expanded edition of the definitive biography of Bessie Smith, known as the "Empress of the Blues"--Debunks many of the myths that circulated after her untimely death in 1937. For this new edition, Chris Albertson provides more details of Bessie's early years, new interview material, and a chapter devoted to events and responses that followed the original publication. "Seeking justice for Bessie has been a life's work for Albertson, and this reissue is greatly to be welcomed ... an exemplary biography" John Mole, Times Literary Supplement "The first estimable full-length biography not only of Bessie Smith but of any black musician." Whitney Balliett, New Yorker (on the first edition) "A remarkably clear-eyed examination of Smith's personality (and sexuality) and, more important, of the gritty and greedy music business." Benjamin Schwarz, Atlantic Monthly. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Sources""; ""Introduction: Stalin�s Absolute Control, Misconceptions, and Disastrous Decisions""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""CHAPTER 1 Stalin versus Hitler: Background""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Outspoken General: Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov""; ""CHAPTER 3 Proskurov Sets Stalin Straight""; ""CHAPTER 4 Soviet Borders Move Westward""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Finns Fight: Proskurov Made a Scapegoat""; ""CHAPTER 6 Soviet Military Intelligence Residencies in Western Europe""; ""CHAPTER 7 Soviet Military Intelligence Residencies in Eastern Europe"" |
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""CHAPTER 8 Who Were You, Dr. Sorge? Stalin Never Heard of You.""""CHAPTER 9 NKVD Foreign Intelligence""; ""CHAPTER 10 Fitin�s Recruited Spies""; ""CHAPTER 11 Listening to the Enemy""; ""CHAPTER 12 Working on the Railroad""; ""CHAPTER 13 The Border Troops Knew""; ""CHAPTER 14 Proskurov Is Fired""; ""CHAPTER 15 Golikov and Operation Sea Lion""; ""CHAPTER 16 ��We Do Not Fire on German Aircraft in Peacetime��""; ""CHAPTER 17 German Deception: Why Did Stalin Believe It?""; ""CHAPTER 18 Secret Letters""; ""CHAPTER 19 The Purges Revived""; ""CHAPTER 20 On the Eve"" |
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""CHAPTER 21 A Summer of Torture""""CHAPTER 22 The Final Reckoning""; ""Conclusion: Will the Future Be a Repeat of the Past?""; ""Appendix 1: Organization and Functions of Soviet Military Intelligence""; ""Appendix 2: Hitler�s Letters to Stalin""; ""Appendix 3: Those Executed without Trial on October 28, 1941""; ""Appendix 4: Chronology of Agent Reporting""; ""Glossary of Spies and Their Masters""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
| Subject |
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Military leadership.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953. (OCoLC)fst00053304
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Military leadership. (OCoLC)fst01185276
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945)) (OCoLC)fst01900002
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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Fall Barbarossa.
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Inlichtingendiensten.
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Preventie.
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| Chronological Term |
1936-1953
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murphy, David E., 1921- What Stalin knew. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005 0300107803 (DLC) 2004065916 (OCoLC)57319953 |
| ISBN |
9780300130263 (electronic bk.) |
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0300130260 (electronic bk.) |
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