Access to History: Bolshevik and Stalinist Russia 1917-64 for AQA

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Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level History students. This title: - Supports the content and assessment requirements of the 2015 A-level History specifications - Contains authoritative and engaging content - Includes thought-provoking key debates that examine the opposing views and approaches of historians - Provides exam-style questions and guidance for each relevant specification to help students understand how to apply what they have learnt This title is suitable for a variety of courses including: - AQA: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-1953 Cover Book title Contents CHAPTER 1 Dissent and revolution 1917 1 The structure of government 1917 2 Russia at war 1917 3 The February Revolution 1917 4 The Dual Authority and continued dissent 5 The October Revolution 1917 CHAPTER 2 The Bolshevik consolidation of power 1917–24 1 The establishment of government and power 2 Peace with Germany 3 Civil war and foreign relations 1918–24 4 War Communism and New Economic Policy 1918–21 5 Lenin, government and the Communist Party CHAPTER 3 Stalin’s rise to power 1924–9 1 Stalin’s record as a revolutionary before 1924 2 The power struggle within the Communist Party 3 ‘Permanent revolution’ versus ‘socialism in one country’ 4 Stalin’s defeat of Trotsky and the Left 5 Stalin’s defeat of the Right CHAPTER 4 Stalin’s rule: economy and society 1929–41 1 Stalin’s economic aims after 1929: the great turn 2 Collectivisation and the war against the peasantry 3 Industrialisation: the first three Five-Year Plans 4 Key debate CHAPTER 5 Stalin’s dictatorship, power and society 1929–41 1 The purges and the mechanisms of control 2 Soviet totalitarianism and its impact on culture and society 3 Stalin’s cult of personality 4 Stalin’s foreign policy 1933–41 CHAPTER 6 The Great Patriotic War and high Stalinism 1941–56 1 Stalin as a war leader 2 The impact of the war on the USSR 3 High Stalinism in the USSR 1945–53 4 High Stalinism: the USSR’s international position 1945–53 5 Stalin’s legacy in 1953 6 Key debate CHAPTER 7 Khrushchev and de-Stalinisation 1953–64 1 Khrushchev’s rise to power 1953–8 2 De-Stalinisation and reform 3 Khrushchev and the Soviet economy 4 Khrushchev’s fall 1964 Study guide Glossary of terms A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Further reading Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z