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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460399303321

Autore

D'Agostino Anthony

Titolo

The Russian revolution, 1917-1945 [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony D'Agostino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2011

ISBN

9786612946288

1-282-94628-5

0-313-38623-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

947.084/2

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union

Social change - Soviet Union - History

Electronic books.

Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921

Soviet Union History 1917-1936

Soviet Union History 1925-1953

Soviet Union Politics and government

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

Land and people -- The intelligentsia and the West -- Russia the modernizing old regime -- Russia goes to war -- 1917 -- Civil war and war communism, 1918-1921 -- From Lenin to Stalin, 1921-1928 -- The Soviets in world affairs -- Agricultural collectivization and five-year plan, 1929-1933 -- The Great Purge and the path to World War Two -- The fate of the revolution -- The Hitler-Stalin pact, 1939-1941 -- World War Two : Russia versus Germany -- A debate: Was Stalin necessary?.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a fresh analysis of the Russian Revolution from a global perspective.  It stresses the historical role of Soviet Communism in the modernization of the country, the defeat of Nazism, and the rise of American power and world leadership.