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The Shadow of War Russia and the USSR, 1941 to the present

ISBN: 9781405169585 | 1405169583
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 8/30/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
After enduring untold suffering and near total devastation, the Soviet Union emerged from the ashes of World War II as a superpower. Even now, the 'Great Patriotic War' constitutes the country's single greatest source of national pride and identity -- a defining moment in Russian history no less significant than the Revolution of 1917. Yet just as the overthrow of Tsarist autocracy is fraught with ambiguities, so too is the legacy of World War II. After liberating itself from Nazi occupation, the Soviet Union established imperial domination ove... MORE
List of Illustrationsp. vi
Series Editor's Prefacep. viii
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Mapsp. xiii
Introduction: World War II and the Remaking of the Soviet Unionp. 1
Reform, Reaction, Revolutionp. 20
From Plan to Marketp. 67
Structures of Societyp. 109
Public and Privatep. 138
Center and Peripheryp... MORE
National Questionsp. 205
Geopolitical Imperativesp. 248
From Isolationism to Globalizationp. 287
Conclusion: The Second Russian Revolution?p. 314
Notesp. 320
Guide to Further Readingp. 355
Indexp. 361
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Stephen Lovell is a Reader in Modern European History at King's College London. His previous books include The Russian Reading Revolution: Print Culture in the Soviet and Post Soviet Eras (2000), Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000 (2003), Destination in Doubt: Russia since 1989 (2006), and The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction (2009).


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