Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Soviet Union Honour Issue
Author: Soviet Union Honour Issue
Author: Stalinism: Its Nature and Aftermath
Author: Nick LampertPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349122602
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This is a collection of essays (with contributors from Britain, Continental Europe and the USA) dealing with the character and aftermath of Stalinism in the USSR. The focus is on the interwar years and on the methodological problems of studying this period, but the volume highlights also the links between Stalinism and the Tsarist past, and the ways in which Stalinism, in its very formation, prepared the ground for its own demise. In this way it contributes to a historical understanding of the current upheavals in the Soviet Union.
Pluralism in the Soviet Union
Author: Susan Gross SolomonPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312617691
Category : Corporate state
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Stalinism: Its Nature and Aftermath
Author: Nick LampertPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780333548240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This is a collection of essays (with contributors from Britain, Continental Europe and the USA) dealing with the character and aftermath of Stalinism in the USSR. The focus is on the interwar years and on the methodological problems of studying this period, but the volume highlights also the links between Stalinism and the Tsarist past, and the ways in which Stalinism, in its very formation, prepared the ground for its own demise. In this way it contributes to a historical understanding of the current upheavals in the Soviet Union.
Pluralism in the Soviet Union
Author: Harold Gordon SkillingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A Matter of Honor
Author: Jeffrey ArcherPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312933548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
When ex-army officer Adam Scott's father passes away he leaves Adam a puzzling letter that leads him to a Swiss bank and a priceless 14th century icon.
The Collapse of the Soviet Union, Updated Edition
Author: Susan DarrajPublisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1646936574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December 31, 1991, stunned the world. The communist empire-which had been a dominant force in global politics for 74 years, influencing world events from World War II to issues of nuclear weapons and defense-was suddenly gone. Illustrated with full-color and black-and-white photographs, and accompanied by a chronology, bibliography, and further resources, The Collapse of the Soviet Union, Updated Edition highlights major events in Soviet history, such as the rise of communism in Russia, the terror and expansionist policies of Joseph Stalin, the election of Mikhail Gorbachev, the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, and the rivalry between Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin as a new, more democratic Russia emerged from the ashes of the Soviet Union. Historical spotlights and excerpts from primary source documents are also included.
Fragile Empire
Author: Ben JudahPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300185251
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
“A beautifully written and very lively study of Russia that argues that the political order created by Vladimir Putin is stagnating” (Financial Times). From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has traveled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin’s friends, foes, and colleagues, government officials, business tycoons, mobsters, and ordinary Russian citizens. Fragile Empire is the fruit of Judah’s thorough research: A probing assessment of Putin’s rise to power and what it has meant for Russia and her people. Despite a propaganda program intent on maintaining the cliché of stability, Putin’s regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a highly public protest movement that told a different side of the story. Judah argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions, and this contradiction leads to instability. The author explores both Putin’s successes and his failed promises, taking into account the impact of a new middle class and a new generation, the Internet, social activism, and globalization on the president’s impending leadership crisis. Can Russia avoid the crisis of Putinism? Judah offers original and up-to-the-minute answers. “[A] dynamic account of the rise (and fall-in-progress) of Russian President Vladimir Putin.” —Publishers Weekly “[Judah] shuttles to and fro across Russia’s vast terrain, finding criminals, liars, fascists and crooked politicians, as well as the occasional saintly figure.” —The Economist “His lively account of his remote adventures forms the most enjoyable part of Fragile Empire, and puts me in mind of Chekhov’s famous 1890 journey to Sakhalin Island.” —The Guardian
The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction
Author: Robert J. McMahonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198859546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.