Foreword to the Fourth Edition List of Maps and Figures Chronology Who’s Who Glossary Map and Charts PART ONE THE CONTEXT 1 Introduction: The Problem PART TWO ANALYSIS 2 Early Years 3 The October Revolution, State Capitalism, War Communism and Civil War, 1917-21 4 The New Economic Policy, 1921-28 5 The Thirties 6 The Great Fatherland War, 1941-45 PART THREE ASSESSMENT 8 Personality and Power 9 The Judgement 10 The Legacy PART FOUR DOCUMENTS Further Reading References Index
Biography
Martin McCauley is a prolific author and broadcaster who has a wealth of experience in Soviet, Russian and international affairs. He taught at the University of London for thirty years and at other universities. His recent publications include The Cold War 1949-2016 (2017), The Origins of the Cold War, 1944-1949 (4th edition, 2015), and The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (2008).
'McCauley’s work is indispensable for courses in modern Russian history. It not only provides primary sources that make clear the oppression of the Stalin era, but also explains the historiography of this period, and provides an assessment of Stalin’s legacy, which resonates to this very day.'
Patricia Kollander, Florida Atlantic University, USA
"Stalin and Stalinism has long been a work critical to the introduction of the Stalinist history of the Soviet Union. Part of the Seminar Series published by Routledge Press, it is now in its fourth edition. In this new edition (revised third edition published in 2013), McCauley continues to show his broad-based knowledge of the history of Stalin and Stalinism. In addition to some physical rearrangement, he has added three new chapters of analysis, focusing on the years before Stalin came to power. He has also added a new chapter on the legacy of Stalinism, which includes a discussion of the differences between Stalin and Putin. One of the most helpful sections of this title in all editions has been the inclusion of the translation of several critical documents. The fourth edition has them all and includes Khrushchev’s secret speech to the XXth Party Congress in 1956. McCauley has also expanded and updated the additional readings, creating another great edition of a foundational volume in the study of Stalin and Stalinism."
J. C. Sandstrom, New Mexico State University Library
