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The high title of a Communist : postwar party discipline and the values of the Soviet regime / Edward Cohn, Assistant Professor of History, Grinnell College.
LIBRA JN6598.K55 C64 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohn, Edward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--Discipline--History.
- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za.
- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--Purges.
- Kommunisticheskaiï¸ a︡ partiiï¸ a︡ Sovetskogo Soiï¸ u︡za.
- Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza.
- Party discipline--Soviet Union.
- Party discipline.
- Discipline.
- History.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 268 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Postwar party discipline and the values of the Soviet regime
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb, IL : Northern Illinois University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Introduction 3
- Chapter 1 The Communist Party and Its System of Internal Discipline in the Postwar Years 15
- The Party's Role in Soviet Society 16
- Unofficial Roles of the Communist Party: Career Advancement and Networking 25
- The Individual Communist's Role in Soviet Society 27
- The Hierarchy of Party Punishments 33
- The Road to Expulsion and Censure 41
- Party Discipline and the Organizational Responsibilities of Communists 48
- Criminal Law and Party Discipline 51
- Chapter 2 The Last Purge: The Expulsion of POWs and Communists Who Lived on Occupied Territory 54
- Retribution and the Civic Purge in Europe (and Beyond) 57
- The Extent and Nature of the Purge 61
- Defining "Unworthy Conduct" and Passivity under the Occupation 68
- Gender and the Politics of Occupation 72
- Former POWs in the Postwar Communist Party 75
- Chapter 3 De-Stalinizing Party Discipline: Purging and Politics in Postwar Expulsion Cases 81
- Political Transgressions in the Postwar Stalin Years 83
- De-Stalinization, Rehabilitation, and Political Misconduct under Khrushchev 89
- The Restoration and Rehabilitation of Purge Victims in the Khrushchev Era 94
- The Limits of Rehabilitation 101
- Ending the Postwar Purge 104
- Punishing the Perpetrators 109
- Chapter 4 Policing the Party: Corruption, Administrative Misconduct, and Control from Above in Postwar Party Discipline 115
- Corruption and Administrative Misconduct in the Party: The Statistics 117
- Corruption, Administrative Misconduct, and the Theft of State Property under Stalin 120
- Obstacles to the Struggle with Corruption: Passive Communists and Interference in Court 129
- The Struggle with Corruption and Administrative Crime under Khrushchev 136
- Chapter 5 Sex and the Married Communist: Family Troubles and Marital Infidelity in the Postwar Communist Party 142
- Communism and Morality under Late Stalinism 145
- Family and Party under Khrushchev: The Theory 150
- The Practice of Khrushchev-Era Party Discipline in the Family 155
- Party Discipline and Family Life after World War II 164
- Chapter 6 "We Talk a Lot, but Take Very Few Measures": The Party's Struggle with Drunkenness among Its Members 166
- Drinking and Drunkenness in the USSR and the Communist Party 168
- Drunkenness, Labor Discipline, and Work under Stalin 172
- Drunkenness as a Social Problem: The Khrushchev-Era "School of Communism" 178
- Drunkenness, Party Discipline, and Public Opinion 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875804897
- 0875804896
- OCLC:
- 907585922
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