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The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System

An Interpretation
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Using post-Soviet materials and perspectives, this study examines the reasons for the successes and failures of the Soviet system. In particular, it argues that the underlying reasons for the system's collapse can be found in the contradictions of the revolution which gave birth to it. The consequences are traced through the Stalin revolution, the Great Terror, World War II, the Cold War, the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years down to Gorbachev's doomed attempt to transform the Soviet system. Particular attention is given to the divergence between the aspirations of the leadership and the social evolution of ordinary Russian people.

Author Biography:

CHRISTOPHER READ is Reader in History at Warwick University.
Release date NZ
June 18th, 2001
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
X, 259 p.
Imprint
Red Globe Press
Pages
259
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
138x216x15
ISBN-13
9780333731536
Product ID
2790946

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