Ana Pauker: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Communist (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520223950)

In her own day, Ana Pauker was named "The Most Powerful Woman in the World" by Time magazine. Today, when she is remembered at all, she is thought of as the puppet of Soviet communism in Romania, blindly enforcing the most brutal and repressive Stalinist regime. Robert Levy's new biography changes the picture dramatically, revealing a woman of remarkable strength, dominated by conflict and contradiction far more than by dogmatism. Telling the story of Pauker's youth in an increasingly anti-Semitic environment, her commitment to a revolutionary career, and her rise in the Romanian Communist movement, Levy makes no attempt to whitewash Pauker's life and actions, but rather explores every contour of the complicated persona he found expressed in masses of newly accessible archival documents.

Author: Robert Levy
ISBN-10: 0520223950
ISBN-13: 9780520223950
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2001
Pages: 419
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.39h x 6.23w x 1.38d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/12/2001 pg. 196
Booklist 03/01/2001 pg. 1223
Choice 12/01/2001 pg. 740