History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to its Legacy Kenez Peter
History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to its Legacy Kenez Peter This concise yet comprehensive textbook examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union and the…
Specifikacia History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to its Legacy Kenez Peter
History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to its Legacy Kenez Peter
This concise yet comprehensive textbook examines political, social, and cultural developments in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet period. Peter Kenez presents this revolution as a crisis of authority that the creation of the Soviet Union resolved. It begins by identifying the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in Russia's government, from the turn of the century to the revolution of 1917.
It illustrates how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to find ways to rule the country without using Stalin's methods - but also without openly repudiating the past - and to negotiate a peaceful but antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. The text traces the progress of the Soviet Union through the 1920s, the years of the New Economic Policies, and into the Stalinist order. This updated third edition includes substantial new material, discussing