A history of the Soviet Union from the beginning to the end / Peter Kenez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenez, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Summary:

Peter Kenez's book examines not only political change, but also social and cultural developments. Kenez envisions that revolution as a crisis of authority that posed the question, "Who shall govern Russia?" This question was resolved with the creation of the Soviet Union. Kenez traces the development of the Soviet Union from the Revolution, through the 1920s, the years of the New Economic Policies -- which he sees as crucial to any interpretation of the history of the Soviet Union -- and into the Stalinist order. He shows 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.

ISBN:

0521324262

0521311985

OCLC:

39354249