Stalin and Stalinism
β Scribed by Alan Wood
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 128
- Series
- Lancaster Pamphlets
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The second edition of this best-selling work is fully updated to take in new historical debates and historiographical controversies which have emerged since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and reflects on the ways in which Stalin's legacy still affects attitudes in and towards post-Soviet Russia.
β¦ Table of Contents
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 9
Author's preface......Page 10
Preface to the second edition......Page 12
Notes and acknowledgements......Page 15
Chronological guide......Page 17
Introduction......Page 24
The historical setting......Page 28
The underground revolutionary......Page 34
The General Secretary......Page 43
The totalitarian dictator......Page 54
The military leader......Page 72
The Cold Warrior......Page 81
The ambiguous legacy......Page 92
Suggestions for further reading......Page 103
Glossary of Russian terms......Page 112
Biographical notes......Page 115
Index......Page 126
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