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Author : I︠U︡riĭ Stepanovich Kukushkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89010017838
Author : Aragon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Russia
ISBN : UOM:39015005170561
Author : Dorothy S. McClellan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476614960
More than 20 years have passed since the fall of the Soviet empire. This book provides an intimate look at how Americans resident in the Soviet Union in its final days described this unprecedented moment in history. North American scholars from the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, psychology, women's studies, criminal justice, labor relations, religion and education present their insights into the dramatic events that marked the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transition to the Commonwealth of Independent States. As glasnost and perestroika developed, many Russians grew critical of traditional beliefs and confused about their identity and role in society. As Marxism-Leninism slipped away, still others lamented the passing of a system rich in social protection and opportunities for education and professional advancement. In this crisis thoughtful people shared with the contributors to this book assessments of their national history, its successes and failures, its triumphs, its crimes and brutalities. Accounts range from concrete portrayals of individuals to theoretical discussions of ideology, economy, gender equality, capitalism and socialism, producing a multifaceted portrait of a changing nation.
Author : Bohdan Nahaylo,Victor Swoboda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : 9780029224014
Ethnic upheaval throughout the USSR now threatens the very reforms introduced by Gorbachev and may well decide the fate of his government. This volume describes the histories of the suppressed and angry nationalities, their drive for the restoration of national rights, and the implications for the future. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Leo Hecht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000001345094
Author : Walter Laqueur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190282899
Walter Laqueur as been hailed as "one of our most distinguished scholars of modern European history" in the New York Times Book Review. Robert Byrnes, writing in the Journal of Modern History, called him "one of the most remarkable men in the Western world working in the field." Over a span of three decades, in books ranging from Russia and Germany to the recent Black Hundred, he has won a reputation as a major writer and a provocative thinker. Now he turns his attention to the greatest enigma of our time: the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. In The Dream that Failed, Laqueur offers an authoritative assessment of the Soviet era--from the triumph of Lenin to the fall of Gorbachev. In the last three years, decades of conventional wisdom about the U.S.S.R. have been swept away, while a flood of evidence from Russian archives demands new thinking about old assumptions. Laqueur rises to the challenge with a critical inquiry conducted on a grand scale. He shows why the Bolsheviks won the struggle for power in 1917; how they captured the commitment of a young generation of Russians; why the idealism faded as Soviet power grew; how the system ultimately collapsed; and why Western experts have been so wrong about the Communist state. Always thoughtful and incisive, Laqueur reflects on the early enthusiasm of foreign observers and Bolshevik revolutionaries--then takes a piercing look at the totalitarian nature of the Soviet Union. We see how Communist society stagnated during the 1960s and '70s, as the economy wobbled to the brink; we also see how Western observers, from academic experts to CIA analysts, made wildly optimistic estimates of Moscow's economic and political strength. Just weeks before the U.S.S.R. disappeared from the earth, scholars were confidently predicting the survival of the Soviet Union. But in underscoring the rot and repression, he also notes that the Communist state did not necessarily have to fall when it did, and he examines the many factors behind the collapse (the pressure from Reagan's Star Wars arms program, for instance, and ethnic nationalism). Some of these same problems, he finds, continue to shape the future of Russia and the other successor states. Only now, in the rubble of this lost empire, are we coming to grips with just how wrong our assumptions about the U.S.S.R. had been. In The Dream That Failed, an internationally renowned historian provides a new understanding of the Soviet experience, from the rise of Communism to its sudden fall. The result of years of research and reflection, it sheds fresh light on a central episode in our turbulent century.
Author : Michael Kort
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89011476058
Recounts the factors shaping the history of the USSR to the present.
Author : Tobias Rupprecht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107102880
The first multi-archive-based study of Soviet relations with Latin America from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : UOM:39015048607975
Author : Basil Dmytryshyn
Publisher : New York : Scribner
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Russia
ISBN : MINN:319510018596183
Author : Konstantin Nikolaevich Tarnovskiĭ
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Russia
ISBN : UOM:39015032258280
Author : Wright Watts Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Russia
ISBN : UCAL:$B320047
Author : Oles M. Smolansky,Bettie Moretz Smolansky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015019487597
This book examines the history of the relationship between these two centuries during the past twenty years and attempts to dispel the misconception that the Soviet Union has enjoyed undue influence over Iraq.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : MINN:319510021491502
Author : John Stephen Reshetar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : 0396063152
From the John Holmes Library collection.