Communism and Its Collapse.

By: White, StephenMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Making of the Contemporary World SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (102 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203134191Subject(s): Europe, EasternGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Communism and Its CollapseDDC classification: 320.5320947 LOC classification: HX44.W444Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chronology -- 1 What was communism? -- 2 The establishment of communist rule -- 3 'National communism' in Eastern Europe -- 4 The limits of reform -- 5 A system in decline -- 6 Transition from below -- 7 Transition from above -- 8 Explaining communist collapse -- Further reading -- Index.
Summary: Ranging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s this study examines Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these countries, including: * communism as a doctrine * the evolution of Communist rule * the challenges to Soviet authority in Hungary and Yugoslavia * the emerging economic fragility of the 1960s * the complex process of collapse in the 1980s. Any student or scholar of European history will find this an essential addition to their reading list.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chronology -- 1 What was communism? -- 2 The establishment of communist rule -- 3 'National communism' in Eastern Europe -- 4 The limits of reform -- 5 A system in decline -- 6 Transition from below -- 7 Transition from above -- 8 Explaining communist collapse -- Further reading -- Index.

Ranging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s this study examines Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these countries, including: * communism as a doctrine * the evolution of Communist rule * the challenges to Soviet authority in Hungary and Yugoslavia * the emerging economic fragility of the 1960s * the complex process of collapse in the 1980s. Any student or scholar of European history will find this an essential addition to their reading list.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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