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Robert Hornsby examines the nature of political protest in the USSR following Stalin's death. He explores the emergence of underground groups, mass riots and public attacks on authority as well as the ways in which the Soviet regime under Khrushchev viewed and responded to these challenges.

Trade Review
'Hornsby argues that dissent during the Khrushchev period was more varied and widespread than customary depictions indicate … using archival sources, he contends convincingly that the Soviet leader's primary goal was to maintain political stability without using terror, not to establish greater political freedom.' K. D. Slepyan, Choice
'Hornsby's book is a very well researched, richly detailed and elegantly written synthesis of dissent and popular protest under Khrushchev.' H-Soz-u-Kult

Table of Contents
Introduction; Part I: 1. An end to silence; 2. Putting out fires; 3. After the Hungarian rising; 4. Turning back the tide: the clampdown on dissent; Part II: 5. The anti-Soviet underground; 6. Taking to the streets; 7. Less repression, more policing; 8. The application of force; 9. A precursor to the Soviet human rights movement; Conclusion.

Protest Reform and Repression in Khrushchevs Soviet Union

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 5/14/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781107521247
      978-1107521247
      ISBN-10 1107521246
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Robert Hornsby examines the nature of political protest in the USSR following Stalin's death. He explores the emergence of underground groups, mass riots and public attacks on authority as well as the ways in which the Soviet regime under Khrushchev viewed and responded to these challenges.

      Trade Review
      'Hornsby argues that dissent during the Khrushchev period was more varied and widespread than customary depictions indicate … using archival sources, he contends convincingly that the Soviet leader's primary goal was to maintain political stability without using terror, not to establish greater political freedom.' K. D. Slepyan, Choice
      'Hornsby's book is a very well researched, richly detailed and elegantly written synthesis of dissent and popular protest under Khrushchev.' H-Soz-u-Kult

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Part I: 1. An end to silence; 2. Putting out fires; 3. After the Hungarian rising; 4. Turning back the tide: the clampdown on dissent; Part II: 5. The anti-Soviet underground; 6. Taking to the streets; 7. Less repression, more policing; 8. The application of force; 9. A precursor to the Soviet human rights movement; Conclusion.

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