| Title:
The Minister And The Massacres by Nikolai Tolstoy |
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Description:
Between 1944 and 1947 the western allies handed over more than two million Soviet citizens, some of whom had served under the German command and who had surrendered to the British forces. At the same time, thousands of anti-Communist Yugoslavs, refugees or members of military units were handed over to Tito’s partisans. Both categories were eventually slaughtered, often in circumstances of extreme cruelty. In this present book the author looks at the handing over of some 40,000 Cossacks and White Russians, including many woman and children. The book states that there was a cover-up lasting forty years and which included the deliberate keeping in ignorance of Winston Churchill and the British and United States Governments of the day, the removal of official government papers, and a conscious attempt to place the blame on Field Marshal Alexander. This book was extremely controversial at the time of its publishing and resulted in protracted legal proceedings.
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| Author:
Nikolai Tolstoy is a distant relative to the Great Russian novelist. He was educated at WellingtonCollege and TrinityCollege, Dublin, where he took an MA in History and Political Theory; he has many previous books which include the highly-acclaimed ‘Victims of Yalta’ and ‘Stalin’s Secret War’. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published:
First published 1986 |
Edition:
This
edition 1986 |
| Jacket
Condition: Very good condition has photographic dust cover which is protected by a plastic cover. Has original 1986 price of £12.95 |
| Book
Condition:
Good condition containing 442 pages, 8 of which contain black and white photographs. Is an ex-library copy with usual wear. |
| Publisher:
Century Hutchinson Ltd, London. |
| ISBN:
0-09-164010-5. |
| Size
& Weight: 24.1 cm x 15.7 cm (H x W) 4.1 cm thick. |