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The Soviet Era Gives A Succinct, Refreshing Overview Of The Soviet Union From The Bolshevik Revolution In 1917 To Its Disintegration In 1991. After A Prologue Recounting The Attempted Coup D'etat Of August 1991 And The Events Which Followed, It Looks At The Development And Decline Of The Soviet Union, With The Perspective Of Hindsight Provided By The Opening Up Of Public Analysis And Discussion During Gorbachev's Period Of Glasnost And Perestroika. Thus The Years From 1917 To 1985 Are Discussed Primarily In The Light Of Their Significance For Glasnost, Perestroika And The Collapse Of The Soviet Union. There Are Three Chapters Covering The Time Of Revolution And Civil War, Stalin's Rule, And The Problems And Achievements Of The Post-stalin Period. An Extended Survey Of The Gorbachev Years Follows, With Two Chapters On Political Developments, And One Each On The Communist Party And The New Phenomenon Of Political Activity Arising From The Grass-roots. A Third Section Discusses The Vital Policy Areas Of The Economy, Foreign Affairs And Defence. The Last, Extended, Section Of The Book Traces The Effects Of Soviet Rule And Its Distintegration On The Major Nationalities Of The Baltic Sta

Author

Ponton, Geoffrey

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780631187752

Subjects

Political Science, History, Humanities