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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457699203321

Titolo

Redefining Stalinism / / editor, Harold Shukman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-76085-3

1-280-06414-5

0-203-01091-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Cass series--totalitarian movements and political religions

Altri autori (Persone)

ShukmanHarold

Disciplina

947.084/2

Soggetti

Communism - Soviet Union - History

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953

Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Stalinism and the Soviet state order / Robert Service -- Stalinism, totalitarian society and the politics of 'perfect control' / Felix Patrikeeff -- Stalin's politics of obligation / Jeffrey Brooks -- Stalin and foreign intelligence / Christopher Andrew and Julie Elkner -- Stalin's martyrs : the tragic romance of the Russian revolution / Michael G. Smith -- From Stalinism to post-Stalinism : de-mythologising Stalin, 1953-56 / Polly Jones -- Recent Western Views of Stalin's Russia : social and cultural aspects / John Keep.

Sommario/riassunto

These edited papers reasses the deeds, policies and legacy of Stalin who was responsible for innumerable deaths and untold human misery.