Purity and Compromise in the Soviet Party-State - The Struggle for the Soul of the Party, 19411952

This study examines the decision-making paradigm of the Soviet party-state during the Second World War and its aftermath. It analyzes the conflict among the political elite between practical and ideological demands and the emergence of a consensus in the immediate postwar period.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Cadres Decide Everything
Chapter 2: The Irony of the Inferno
Chapter 3: The Great Reawakening
Chapter 4: The Last Puritan
Chapter 5: A More Perfect Union

About the author

Daniel Stotland is associate professor of history at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Summary

This study examines the decision-making paradigm of the Soviet party-state during the Second World War and its aftermath. It analyzes the conflict among the political elite between practical and ideological demands and the emergence of a consensus in the immediate postwar period.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Stotland
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781498540629
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4062-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Eastern Europe, Russia, European History, Political structure & processes, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, c 1950 to c 1959, Regional / International studies, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History and Archaeology, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, C 1945 To C 1960, Political structure and processes, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet