Rethinking the Soviet Experience: Politics and History since 1917In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Stephen F. Cohen cuts through Cold War stereotypes of the Soviet Union to arrive at fresh interpretations of that country's traumatic history and its present-day political realities. Cohen's lucidly written, revisionist analysis reopens an array of major historical questions. As he probes Soviet history, society, and politics, Cohen demonstrates how this country has remained stable during its long journey from revolution to conservatism. It the process, he suggests more enlightened approaches to American/Soviet relations. Based on the author's many years of study and research, including numerous visits to the USSR, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the state of world affairs today. |
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... , I have revised each of those chapters to take into account new materials , scholarship , and events . And I have considerably expanded the last chapter to carry my analysis through the Brezhnev era , the short PREFACE xi.
... , I have revised each of those chapters to take into account new materials , scholarship , and events . And I have considerably expanded the last chapter to carry my analysis through the Brezhnev era , the short PREFACE xi.
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Politics and History since 1917 Stephen F. Cohen. carry my analysis through the Brezhnev era , the short tenure of Yuri Andropov , and the first six months of the aged leadership headed by Konstantin Chernenko . Neither new materials nor ...
Politics and History since 1917 Stephen F. Cohen. carry my analysis through the Brezhnev era , the short tenure of Yuri Andropov , and the first six months of the aged leadership headed by Konstantin Chernenko . Neither new materials nor ...
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Contents
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2 Bolshevism and Stalinism | 38 |
3 Bukharin NEP and the Idea of an Alternative to Stalinism | 71 |
4 The Stalin Question Since Stalin | 93 |
Soviet Reformism and Conservatism | 128 |
Notes | 158 |
Index | 216 |
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