The Soviet Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the USSR - Couverture souple

Kort, Michael

 
9780873326766: The Soviet Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the USSR
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ISBN 10 : 0873326768 ISBN 13 : 9780873326766
Editeur : M.E. Sharpe, 1993

Synopsis

"The Soviet Colossus" is an introduction to 20th-century Soviet history within the context of Russian history as a whole. Kort begins by showing how and why the Tsars developed powerful centralised institutions that undermined the political, civil and economic freedoms of the Russian people. He then goes on to explain how the Bolsheviks' attempt to build socialism in a backward country produced the strong centralised bureaucracy that was characteristic of the Soviet Union. The post-Stalin years of half-way reforms are surveyed for new insights. In the concluding chapters Kort discusses Gorbachev's place in the continuum of Russian and Soviet history, and his role in unleashing the force that finally toppled the Soviet colossus.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"The Soviet Colossus" is an introduction to 20th-century Soviet history within the context of Russian history as a whole. Kort begins by showing how and why the Tsars developed powerful centralised institutions that undermined the political, civil and economic freedoms of the Russian people. He then goes on to explain how the Bolsheviks' attempt to build socialism in a backward country produced the strong centralised bureaucracy that was characteristic of the Soviet Union. The post-Stalin years of half-way reforms are surveyed for new insights. In the concluding chapters Kort discusses Gorbachev's place in the continuum of Russian and Soviet history, and his role in unleashing the force that finally toppled the Soviet colossus.

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Éditeur
M.E. Sharpe
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0873326768
ISBN 13 
9780873326766
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780873326759: The Soviet Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the USSR

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  087332675X ISBN 13 :  9780873326759
Editeur : M.E. Sharpe, 1993
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