History of the Soviet Union From the Beginning to Its Legacy

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

Peter Kenez is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Coming of the Holocaust: From Antisemitism to Genocide (Cambridge, 2013) and Hungary from the Nazis to the Soviets: The Establishment of the Communist Regime in Hungary, 1944–1948 (Cambridge, 2006).

Summary

This accessible textbook examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union - from the revolution, through the years of the New Economic Policies, and into the Stalinist order and the post-Soviet period. The third edition includes substantial new material, discussing the challenges Russia faces in the era of Putin.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Kenez, Peter (University of California Kenez, Kenez Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2016
• EAN: 9781107141056
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14105-6
• No. of pages: 388
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Russland, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era