A Soviet Postmortem - Philosophical Roots of the 'Grand Failure'

In the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, it has become apparent that Sovietology failed, with a few praiseworthy exceptions, to understand the nature and fragility of the Soviet system. A Soviet Postmortem sets the Soviet experiment in a more realistic perspective.

About the author

Sigmund Krancberg is a fellow at Rutgers University.

Summary

In the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, it has become apparent that Sovietology failed, with a few praiseworthy exceptions, to understand the nature and fragility of the Soviet system. A Soviet Postmortem sets the Soviet experiment in a more realistic perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Sigmund Krancberg, Krancberg Sigmund
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.1994
• EAN: 9780847679270
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-7927-0
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Osteuropa, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Marxismus und Kommunismus, Cultural Studies, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political structure & processes, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Marxism & Communism, Political structure and processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet