Stalinism and After: The Road to Gorbachev

by Alec Nove

Overview

Based on personal experience of life in the Soviet Union Nove explains the phenomenon of Stalinism and its aftermath. In highly readable style, Professor Nove traces the origins of Stalinism, analyzes its nature and achievements, examines the process of destalinization which followed Stalin's death, and explores the evolution of the Soviet system under Krushchev and Brezhnev. Stalinism and After is not a biography; it is a study of the effect of the political personalities of one man and his successors on the development of Soviet history. It is within this context that Professor Nove examines the new thinking of Gorbachev and the now-familiar catchwords of his regime: perestroika, glasnost, demokratizatsiya, and uskoreniye.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134868872
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Alec Nove, University of Glasgow

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Genesis; Chapter 2 The System Consolidated; Chapter 3 War; Chapter 4 The Last Years of Stalin; Chapter 5 Stalin's Heirs and Stalin's Legacy; Chapter 6 The Fall of Khrushchev and the Rise of Brezhnev; Chapter 7 Brezhnev's Death and Gorbachev's Rise; Appendix 1 Biographical Data; Appendix 2 Chronological List of Events, 1917–85; Appendix 3 Membership of the Party; Appendix 4 Notes for Further Reading; Index;