Background
Taubman, William Chase was born on November 13, 1941 in New York City. Son of Howard and Nora (Stern) Taubman.
( Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award...)
Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award: "The book is a gift, as fascinating as it is important."―Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world. His life and career mirror the Soviet experience: revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, cold war, Stalinism, post-Stalinism. Complicit in terrible Stalinist crimes, Khrushchev nevertheless retained his humanity: his daring attempt to reform communism prepared the ground for its eventual collapse; and his awkward efforts to ease the cold war triggered its most dangerous crises. This is the first comprehensive biography of Khrushchev and the first of any Soviet leader to reflect the full range of sources that have become available since the USSR collapsed. Combining a page-turning historical narrative with penetrating political and psychological analysis, this book brims with the life and excitement of a man whose story personified his era.
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political science professor writer
Taubman, William Chase was born on November 13, 1941 in New York City. Son of Howard and Nora (Stern) Taubman.
AB, Harvard University, 1962. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1965. Certified of Russian Institute, Columbia University, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1969. Master of Arts (honorary), Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1978.
Instructor Amherst College, 1967-1969, assistant professor, 1969-1973, associate professor, 1973-1978, professor department political science, 1978-1983, Bertrand Snell professor, since 1983. Member planning staff United States Department State, Washington, 1970-1971. Member board International Research and Exchange Board, New York City, 1971-1974, member selection committee, 1984-1985.
Visiting associate professor Yale University, New Haven, spring 1975. Chairman advisory committee Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, since 1993. Member International Academy Advisory Group, Russian Foreign Ministry Archives, 1992-1997.
Associate Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, president American Association Advancement Slavic Studies, since 2008.
( Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award...)
Member Council Foreign Relations, Authors Guild.
Married Jane Dea Andelman, May 18, 1969. Children: Alexander, Phoebe.