Stalin's Russia

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Stalin's Russia
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dr Chris Ward
SeriesReading History
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780340731512
ClassificationsDewey:947.0842
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Edition New Edition - 2nd edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Hodder Arnold
Publication Date 28 May 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The ebb and flow of debate about Stalin's Russia is captured in this account, which conceptualizes the field clearly, offering a synthesis of the secondary literature in the area, and also providing the author's own evaluation of the key issues. This edition takes into account the new opportunities afforded to historians - both Russian and Western - by the collapse of communism and the greater availability to researchers of archival sources. It acknowledges the various problems and perspectives in interpretation that have emerged since the end of the Soviet Union, and now includes a chapter on Stalin's foreign policy.

Author Biography

Chris Ward, Lecturer in Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

Reviews

..strongly recommended [students] will undoubtedly profit from reading Ward's views on this controversial subject and the purpose of academic history. Journal of European Studies ..a fresh and unhackneyed approach to a broadly familiar period. Slavonica a fresh unhackneyed approach to a broadly familiar period. Slavonica