Communism and its Collapse

AvStephen White

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Ranging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s this study examines Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these countries, including:* communism as a doctrine* the evolution of Communist rule* the challenges to Soviet authority in Hungary and Yugoslavia* the emerging economic fragility of the 1960s* the complex process of collapse in the 1980s.Any student or scholar of European history will find this an essential addition to their reading list.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-11-09
Mått:138 x 216 x 10 mm
Vikt:249 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Making of the Contemporary World
Antal sidor:102
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415244237

Utforska kategorier

Allmän historia och världshistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Stephen White Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow. His many published works include The Bolshevik Poster (Yale, 1988), After Gorbachev (Cambridge, 1994), Russia’s New Politics (Cambridge, 2000) and, with Evan Mawdsley, The Soviet Elite from Lenin to Gorbachev (Oxford, 2000).

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 What was communism?; Chapter 2 The establishment of communist rule; Chapter 3 ‘National communism’ in Eastern Europe; Chapter 4 The limits of reform; Chapter 5 A system in decline; Chapter 6 Transition from below; Chapter 7 Transition from above; Chapter 8 Explaining communist collapse;