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Exit Stalin : the Soviet Union as a civilization, 1953-1991 / Mark B. Smith.
Van Pelt - New Book Display DK276 .S62 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Mark B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--Social conditions--1945-1991.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1945-1991.
- Soviet Union--History--1953-1985.
- Soviet Union--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- x, 550 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2026]
- Summary:
- "A...revisionist narrative history of the Soviet Union in its post-Stalin heyday, bringing a forgotten society to vivid life and offering a new explanation for how it suddenly collapsed"--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Prologue: 2 June 1962
- Nikita Khrushchev's revolution of multiple futures (1917-53)
- Part One: The dictatorship that loves you (1953-64)
- Part Two: Eternal red star (1965-74)
- Part Three: Faded paradise (1975-84)
- Part Four: The country that committed suicide by accident (1985-91).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-529) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781631498299
- 1631498290
- OCLC:
- 1519447220
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