1st Edition

A Short History Of Soviet Socialism

By Mark Sandle Copyright 1999
480 Pages
by Routledge

480 Pages
by Routledge

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