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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Page ix
... other hand , are multicolored Soviet realities , change , the need for critical - minded questions , and the necessity for complex explanations . I am not , of course , the only scholar to have challenged prevailing ideas in Soviet.
... other hand , are multicolored Soviet realities , change , the need for critical - minded questions , and the necessity for complex explanations . I am not , of course , the only scholar to have challenged prevailing ideas in Soviet.
Page x
... ideas in Soviet studies , as my footnotes indicate . But this book is , I think , the most general effort to date in the revisionist cause . I do not , however , seek to demean or devalue the work of other specialists on the Soviet ...
... ideas in Soviet studies , as my footnotes indicate . But this book is , I think , the most general effort to date in the revisionist cause . I do not , however , seek to demean or devalue the work of other specialists on the Soviet ...
Page xv
... , NEP , and the Idea of an Alternative to Stalinism 71 4 The Stalin Question Since Stalin 93 5 The Friends and Foes of Change : Soviet Reformism and Conservatism 128 This page intentionally left blank. Notes 158 Index 216 Contents.
... , NEP , and the Idea of an Alternative to Stalinism 71 4 The Stalin Question Since Stalin 93 5 The Friends and Foes of Change : Soviet Reformism and Conservatism 128 This page intentionally left blank. Notes 158 Index 216 Contents.
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... ideas , and personalities . Sovietology - an intellectual profession founded on the potentially rich idea of ... ideas , new models into the discussion . " But what belatedly infused new ideas into Sovietology was less its own ...
... ideas , and personalities . Sovietology - an intellectual profession founded on the potentially rich idea of ... ideas , new models into the discussion . " But what belatedly infused new ideas into Sovietology was less its own ...
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... ideas and approaches , including unfashionable and wrongheaded ones . So it was with Sovietology , which grew overly utilitarian and inadequately self - critical in its choice of topics and interpretations . Meanwhile , like most ...
... ideas and approaches , including unfashionable and wrongheaded ones . So it was with Sovietology , which grew overly utilitarian and inadequately self - critical in its choice of topics and interpretations . Meanwhile , like most ...
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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