Communism and Its Collapse

Ranging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s this study examines Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these countries, including:
* communism as a doctrine
* the evolution of Communist rule
* the challenges to Soviet authority in Hungary and Yugoslavia
* the emerging economic fragility of the 1960s
* the complex process of collapse in the 1980s.

Any student or scholar of European history will find this an essential addition to their reading list.

List of contents

Chapter 1 What was communism?; Chapter 2 The establishment of communist rule; Chapter 3 ‘National communism’ in Eastern Europe; Chapter 4 The limits of reform; Chapter 5 A system in decline; Chapter 6 Transition from below; Chapter 7 Transition from above; Chapter 8 Explaining communist collapse;

About the author

Stephen White Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow. His many published works include The Bolshevik Poster (Yale, 1988), After Gorbachev (Cambridge, 1994), Russia’s New Politics (Cambridge, 2000) and, with Evan Mawdsley, The Soviet Elite from Lenin to Gorbachev (Oxford, 2000).

Summary

A survey of communism from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the late 1980s. Focusing particularly on the USSR and Eastern Europe this book examines the development of communist rule in historical and analytical terms.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen White, Stephen (University of Glasgow White
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.2000
• EAN: 9780415171809
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17180-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: The Making of the Contemporary World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / General, General & world history, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards