Juliane Fürst graduated from Oxford and the LSE. Subsequently, she was a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford, and a Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford. She is currently a lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Bristol.

With this very good book, Juliane Fürst confirms her reputation as a preeminent historian of the final years of Stalin's regime ... This excellent book is warmly recommended to all those interested in Stalinism, in World War Two, in the Cold War, in mature socialism, and in youth cultures.

• 1. Marks and Burns: Youth and the Consequences of War ; 2. Explaining the Inexplicable: Youth and the Post-War Ideological Campaigns ; 3. Mechanisms of Integration: Rituals, Icons, and Idols ; 4. War-time Heroes for Post-War Youth: The Rise and Fall of Molodaia Gvardiia ; 5. Morals under Siege: Myth and Reality of Youth Crime ; 6. Re-defining Sovietness: Fashion, Style, and Non-conformity ; 7. Comrades, Friends, and Lovers: Post-War Personal Relations in Theory and Practice ; 8. Patterns of Participation: Finding a Self in the System ; 9. Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index

Juliane Fürst graduated from Oxford and the LSE. Subsequently, she was a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford, and a Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford. She is currently a lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Bristol.

With this very good book, Juliane Fürst confirms her reputation as a preeminent historian of the final years of Stalin's regime ... This excellent book is warmly recommended to all those interested in Stalinism, in World War Two, in the Cold War, in mature socialism, and in youth cultures.

• 1. Marks and Burns: Youth and the Consequences of War ; 2. Explaining the Inexplicable: Youth and the Post-War Ideological Campaigns ; 3. Mechanisms of Integration: Rituals, Icons, and Idols ; 4. War-time Heroes for Post-War Youth: The Rise and Fall of Molodaia Gvardiia ; 5. Morals under Siege: Myth and Reality of Youth Crime ; 6. Re-defining Sovietness: Fashion, Style, and Non-conformity ; 7. Comrades, Friends, and Lovers: Post-War Personal Relations in Theory and Practice ; 8. Patterns of Participation: Finding a Self in the System ; 9. Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index

Juliane Fürst graduated from Oxford and the LSE. Subsequently, she was a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford, and a Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford. She is currently a lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Bristol.

With this very good book, Juliane Fürst confirms her reputation as a preeminent historian of the final years of Stalin's regime ... This excellent book is warmly recommended to all those interested in Stalinism, in World War Two, in the Cold War, in mature socialism, and in youth cultures.

• 1. Marks and Burns: Youth and the Consequences of War ; 2. Explaining the Inexplicable: Youth and the Post-War Ideological Campaigns ; 3. Mechanisms of Integration: Rituals, Icons, and Idols ; 4. War-time Heroes for Post-War Youth: The Rise and Fall of Molodaia Gvardiia ; 5. Morals under Siege: Myth and Reality of Youth Crime ; 6. Re-defining Sovietness: Fashion, Style, and Non-conformity ; 7. Comrades, Friends, and Lovers: Post-War Personal Relations in Theory and Practice ; 8. Patterns of Participation: Finding a Self in the System ; 9. Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index