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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.

Table 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.

A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/24/2016 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781316506233, 978-1316506233
      ISBN10: 1316506231
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table 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.

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