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Stalinism and After: The Road to Gorbachev

By Alec Nove

Book information

Year
1988
ISBN
0415094453, 9780415094450, 9780203987445
Open Library ID
OL22372022M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1383373 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
224\228
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Based on personal experience of life in the Soviet Union Nove explains the phenomenon of Stalinism and its aftermath. In highly readable style, Professor Nove traces the origins of Stalinism, analyzes its nature and achievements, examines the process of destalinization which followed Stalin's death, and explores the evolution of the Soviet system under Krushchev and Brezhnev. Stalinism and After is not a biography; it is a study of the effect of the political personalities of one man and his successors on the development of Soviet history. It is within this context that Professor Nove examines the new thinking of Gorbachev and the now-familiar catchwords of his regime: perestroika, glasnost, demokratizatsiya, and uskoreniye.

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