Stalinism and The Politics of Mobilization - Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-War Russia

Zusatztext David Priestland's book is a contribution to the academic study of the history of the USSR, and in particular the origins of the 1930s terror. It is distinguished by the attempt to take seriously the political ideas of the Stalinists and their connection to, and partial divergence from, the ideas of the Bolsheviks after the revolution. It is this, as well as the wealth of documentation on the book-especially of political turns within the regime-that makes it worth reading. Klappentext Stalin's Terror of 1937-8 is one of the most extraordinary events of the twentieth century. His seemingly irrational attack on the military, technical, and political lite on the eve of war, precisely the time when he needed them most, remains difficult to understand. Stalinism and thePolitics of Terror provides a new explanation of the political violence of the late 1930s by examining the thinking of Stalin and his allies, and placing it in the broader context of Bolshevik ideas since 1917. Zusammenfassung Presents a reassessment of Bolshevik ideology, and of the ways in which it interacted with other political forces during the period. By analysing the political discourse of the Bolshevik leadership, this study shows how differing interpretations of Marxism-Leninism informed contrasting political and economic strategies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Glossary Introduction: Ideas and Politics in Bolshevic Russia 1: Victory and Fragmentation, 1917-1921 2: The Emergence of Left and Right, 1921-1927 3: Mobilization and 'Class Struggle', 1928-1930 4: The Search for Unity and Order, 1930-1935 5: Mobilization and Terror, 1934-1939 Conclusion: Mobilization and 'Class Struggle'in Communist Politics Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: David Priestland, Priestland David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2007
• EAN: 9780199245130
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924513-0
• No. of pages: 487
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 222 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Economic history, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Marxism & Communism, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era