Author: John W. StrongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Soviet Union under Brezhnev and Kosygin : The transition years
Author: John W. StrongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Soviet Union Under Brezhev and Kosygin
Author: John W. StrongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Collection of essays evolved from a series of lectures given at Carleton University in Ottawa,Canada,during 1968.
The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev and Kosygin: the Transition Years
Author: John W. StrongPublisher: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Collection of essays evolved from a series of lectures given at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, during 1968.
The Soviet Union under Brezhnev
Author: William J. TompsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317881729
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev provides an accessible post-Soviet perspective on the history of the USSR from the mid-1960’s to the mid-1980’s. It challenges both the ‘evil empire’ image of the USSR that was widespread in the early 1980’s and the ‘stagnation’ label attached to the period by Soviet reformers under Gorbachev. The book makes use of a range of memoirs, interviews, archival documents and other sources not available before 1990 to place Brezhnev and his epoch in a broader historical context. The author: examines high politics, foreign policy and policy making explores broader social, cultural and demographic trends presents a picture of Soviet society in the crucial decades prior to the upheavals and crises of the late 1980’s While stopping well short of a full-scale rehabilitation of Brezhnev, Tompson rejects the prevailing image of the Soviet leader as a colourless non-entity, drawing attention to Brezhnev’s real political skills, as well as his faults, and to the systemic roots of many of the problems he faced.
A History of the Soviet Union, 1945-1991
Author: John L. H. KeepPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192803191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The Soviet Union is a subject of enduring fascination for the whole of the Western world. This book focuses on the main cultures, political, social, and economic developments in the USSR since 1945.
Democratization and Revolution in the USSR, 1985-91
Author: Jerry F. HoughPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815791492
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Democratization and Revolution in the USSR, 1985-91 presents a strikingly new view of the Gorbachev era and the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union. Written by one of America's most distinguished specialists on the former Soviet Union, this is the first comprehensive overview of the Gorbachev period and describes it as a real revolution, not mere "reform." According to Hough, despite Mikhail Gorbachev's talk of a regulated market, he never understood that a market must be created on a solid institutional and legal base. He was determined to use democratization to free himself from party control, but he saw democracy as a way of achieving near- universal consensus, not a mechanism for forcing through difficult choices. The many memoirs that have become available in the last few years, including those of Gorbachev himself, show that Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov and the "bureaucrats" in his government actually were the serious economic reformers in the leadership. Gorbachev opposed the key transitional steps at every stage and was far closer to the assumptions of shock therapy than he or his opponents ever recognized. Hough explains that Gorbachev was not alone in thinking that the destruction of old institutions was enough to unleash a market. Westerners also talked of leaping a chasm in a single jump as if democratic and market institutions existed pre-created on the other side. But, precisely because Gorbachev (and later Boris Yeltsin) was encouraged in all his worst mistakes by Western advice, his failure has crucial implications for Western thinking about the process of democratization and marketization. This unprecedented book explores those implications in depth. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Book for 1998
The Course of Russian History, 5th Edition
Author: Melvin C. WrenPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725224402
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Now in its fifth edition, this definitive history of the Russian land and people builds on its success as a fascinating survey of two thousand years of struggle to harness vast resources and talents into a powerful and cohesive nation. From its beginning as a savage and exotic land, Russia underwent a complex evolution of political, social, and religious forces--the barbarism of its internal conflicts in seeming contradiction with its goals to advance in the realms of technology, art, education, and high culture. From the conflicts of the fantastically wealthy ruling class to the poor and oppressed masses emerged the Communist party and the enigmatic figures whose charismatic manipulation of political power reflected the myriad rulers before them. Finally, as the modern world watched, this great entity collapsed in a devastatingly brief time, millennia of precarious conflict proving too much for the tenuous coalescence of twentieth-century politics. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this text presents students with a comprehensive look at the momentous events and legendary figures which helped shape Russia's turbulent history.
Russia and Eastern Europe, 1789-1985
Author: Raymond PearsonPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719017346
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Companion to Russian Studies: Volume 1
Author: Robert AutyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521280389
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
An introduction, complete in one volume, to the history of Russia from medieval times to the fall of Khrushchev and beyond. A study of the geographical setting in which the Russian state grew to its present super-power status is followed by five chapters which discuss the political, social, and economic history of the country, and four final chapters examine respectively the role of the Church, Soviet government and politics, the economy of the Soviet state, and the international relations of the USSR. Each chapter has been specially commissioned for this volume, and the writers are acknowledged experts in their fields. Every chapter is followed by a guide to further reading. This is perhaps the most comprehensive and authoritative collaborative history of Russia yet to appear. It will be read as a continuous account, and will also be consulted as a standard reference guide in libraries of universities, colleges, and schools wherever Russian and Soviet history, European history, and international relations are studied. It forms the first part of the three-volume Companion to Russian Studies, the two other parts of which deal with Russian language and literature, and Russian art and architecture respectively.
USSR, Analytical Survey of Literature
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description