The Cruel Georgian Who Trusted a Deputy
The biography surveys Lavrenty Beria, Georgian-born head of Soviet security, detailing his rise from Cheka to SMERSH, NKVD leadership, and key roles in the purges, Doctors' Plot, and power plays after Stalin's death, including alleged surveillance and coup plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria
Bosheviks
Cheka
Caucasus
Soviet Communist Party
Beria
Smersh
Abakumov
NKVD
Willi Muenzenberg
Moscow
Grenoble
Walter Krivitsky
Europe
West
Stalin
Washington
Trotsky
Ramon Mercader
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Yezhov
Yagoda
Presidium
Bulganin
Beria Life and Death Examined in New Biography Review
A critical review discusses Thaddeus Wittlin's Beria biography, praising its vivid portrayal of the Soviet leader and the secret police. It questions looming limits on totalitarian power, arguing the division of power under a constitution is essential, and notes the book reveals widespread knowledge of Stalin's terror before WWII. The critic highlights wartime and postwar misperceptions, comparing commentators to guilty denials of past crimes.
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Marshal Bulganin
Bera
Beria
Soviet Union
Stalin
Iia
Vyshinsky
Khrushchevv
Hiter
Herr von Schirach
Russia
Complex reflections on Cold War era figures and Soviet system legacies
The piece surveys how audiences and thinkers across decades confronted claims about Soviet forced labor camps, drawing on figures like Lattimore Sartre and Timms. It ties this to historical mass violence, postwar political intrigue, and the ethical judgments of leaders Visinsky and Beria amid revolutionary legality debates.
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Web
Soviet Union
Owen Lattimore
Siberia
Hudson Bay Company
TVA
Jean Paul Sartre
Papuan wonder books chart Tari Basin patrol legacy
Review contrasts Jack Hides Strickland Purari patrol with James Sinclair Wigmen of Papua. Hides sought the Tari Basin on New Guinea’s south, facing a wary, warlike people. Sinclair documents Wanigap and Wabiria era highland patrols with strong photography. Both works illuminate Papua New Guinea’s cultural landscape from prewar discovery to midcentury governance.
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Jack Hides
James Sinclair
Papua
I ‘Aphs
Atrol
Eas
Sinclair
Tari
New Guinea
Mon
Abe
Leahy
Taylor
Wahw Valley
Hides
Lakehama
Japan
Sydney
Kichen
Central New Guinea
Wigmen
Papua-New Guinea
Eastern Highlands
Pawan
Andrew Wabiria
More Rudd More Rudd at University Press Queensland
The eighth Steele Rudd reprint volume from University of Queensland Press presents two works, Mean the Sam and The Miserable Clerk, totaling 198 pages with cloth and paper editions priced at 4.95 and 1.25 dollars respectively.
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University of Queensland Press
Shadowed Verdicts on Advertising and Consumer Power
Robin Wight’s critical study argues advertising ignores an enlightened, informed consumer. The book traces consumerism’s rise, global impact, and ads’ credibility crisis, urging a shift toward responsible, education focused advertising while noting uneven writing and planning weaknesses. It also surveys Nader and his Raiders, portraying them as influential yet divisive figures shaping public policy and consumer activism.
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Wight
Madison Avenue
Australian Broadcasting Control Board
Packard
Galbraith
McLuhan
Toffter
Nader
Klich
General Motors Corvair
Centre
American Congress
McCarry
Dark Lady of Shakespearean Sonnets Debate Deepens
Reader scrutiny grows as Dr A L Rowse claims Emilia Lanier as the Dark Lady, while Maurice Dumevy notes unresolved identity questions. The piece surveys Rowse assertions, other scholars’ doubts, and the need for direct documents to settle the century‑old mystery.
Dark Lady of Shakespeare debated by Rowse claims
The piece critiques Dr. Rowse’s theories about Shakespeare's Dark Lady Emilia and her link to the Sonnets. It notes Rowse relies on Simon Forman’s records and chronology to argue Shakespeare’s knowledge of Emilia, while acknowledging limits and possible overreach. It also compares Rowse’s work to his other books and highlights his self-assured closing claim.
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Shakespeare
A. L. Rowse
Cat
Rowse
Dark Lady
Sam Schoenacim
Emilia
Simon Forman
Forman
Lucre
Jink Forman
Jink Shakespeare
Roger Prior
Shakespeare the Man
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Southampton
Mulga
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Eea Aon
Anemov
Reed
Lavrenty Pay Lovich Beria
Thaddeus Wittlin
Angus and Robertson
Bis
Hope
Omega
E. V. Timms
Barnave
Vishinsky
Canaan
Egypt
The
Holy Land
Mary Chubb
Jill Wyatt
Geoffrey Biles
Bar
Arkon
Jacaranda Press
John Hay
Admass
Obin Wight
London
Australia
Robin Wight
Hart-Davis
Citizen Nader
Charles McCarry
Jonathan Cape
Robin Kimeel
Irg Ngget
Toth
Crusader
Maurice Dumevy
Claus
All Souls College
Oxford
Sydney Morning Herald
Herald
Emilia Lanier
Henry Carey
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