1st Edition

A Short History Of Soviet Socialism

By Mark Sandle Copyright 1999

    Mark Sandle is Lecturer in Russian and East European History at De Montfort University.; This book is intended for undergraduate courses on 20th century Soviet history/the Cold War/European history/Soviet studies/History of political thought/Marxism-Leninism. The Left.

    Introduction PART I The origins of Soviet socialism The historical emergence of socialism; Soviet socialism under Lenin, 1917--24 PART II The triumph of orthodoxy: Soviet socialism from Stalin to Chernenko The Stalin era, 1924--53; The Khrushchev era, 1953--64; Brezhnev and after, 1964--85 PART III Gorbachev and the reshaping of Soviet socialism Gorbachev and the critique of Soviet socialism, 1985--89; Gorbachev and the renewal of Soviet socialism, 1989--91; Alternative socialist visions: the Old Guard adn the New Left; Conclusion: the end of socialism, the end of history?

    Biography

    Mark Sandle