A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to Its Legacy

ISBN-13: 9781316506233 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 388 str.

Kenez, Peter

Opis

This updated third edition examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union as well as the post-Soviet period.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The revolution, 1917–21; 3. New Economic Policies, 1921–9; 4. The first five-year plan; 5. High Stalinism; 6. A great and patriotic war; 7. The nadir: 1945–53; 8. The age of Khrushchev; 9. Real, existing socialism; 10. Failed reforms; 11. Leap into the unknown; 12. Illiberal democracy; 13. Putin returns.