The Soviet Union : a short history /

The Soviet Union covers the entire Soviet Union experience from the years 1904 to 1991 by putting the focus on three major themes: warfare, welfare, and empire. Throughout the book, Mark Edele demonstrates that the Soviet Union was more than simply "Russia." Instead, it was a multi-ethnic...

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Main Author: Edele, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, [2019]
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • The First Age of Violence. Twilight of Empire (1904-1914)
  • Imperial Apocalypse (1914-1918)
  • Regathering the Empire (1918-1923)
  • The Interwar Years. Consolidating the Empire (1921-1928)
  • The Second Age of Violence. Building the Warfare State (1928-1938)
  • A Long Second World War (1937-1949)
  • From Warfare to Welfare. Normalization (1944-1957)
  • Mature Socialism (1956-1985)
  • Imperial Discontent. Reform, Crisis, Breakdown (1985-1991)
  • After Empire.