Scott B. Smith presents both a convincing account of the defeat of the Socialist Revolutionaries and a deeper analysis of the significance of the political dynamics of the civil war for subsequent Soviet history.
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"Stalin correctly foresaw that the Soviet Union needed to be seen as the 'victim of aggression' by German invaders in order to win valuable Western aid and consolidate on East-West war-fighting alliance. His insight and subsequent maneuvering led to one of Stalin's great achieve…
This book documents dictator Joseph Stalin's brilliant tactics as well as missteps in taking preemptive actions that guaranteed ultimate victory over the German invaders. It also covers the policies implemented after the war that made the Soviet Union a menace to world peace and…
"Despite the appalling record of the Soviet Union on human rights questions, many Western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials were strong supporters of the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation cam…
"Despite the appalling record of the Soviet Union on human rights questions, many Western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials were strong supporters of the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation cam…
Despite the appalling record of Soviet Union human rights, many western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials strongly supported the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation came about. It shows how cul…
"Despite the appalling record of the Soviet Union on human rights questions, many Western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials were strong supporters of the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation cam…
Annotation. The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union & rsquo;s First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon to ending the economic "backwardness" of the USSR & rsquo;s minority republics, it stood apart from similar …
Description of popular culture in the Soviet Union throughout the 20th century. Attention is given to the relationship between popular culture and the national and social values of the masses; the dramatic battle between elite and popular culture; and to the intervention of revo…
Spector follows up on Eagle Against the Sun, his account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, with a chronicle of the aftermath of this crucial conflict. He tells the fascinating story of the deadly confrontations that broke out--or merely continued--in…