The Shadow of War

Russia and the USSR, 1941 to the present
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6958-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 569 g

Reihe: Blackwell History of Russia

Taking the achievements, ambiguities, and legacies of World War II as a point of departure, The Shadow of War: The Soviet Union and Russia, 1941 to the Present offers a fresh new approach to modern Soviet and Russian history. - Presents one of the only histories of the Soviet Union and Russia that begins with World War II and goes beyond the Soviet collapse through to the early twenty-first century
- Innovative thematic arrangement and approach allows for insights that are missed in chronological histories
- Draws on a wide range of sources and the very latest research on post-Soviet history, a rapidly developing field
- Supported by further reading, bibliography, maps and illustrations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lovell, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vi

Series Editor’s Preface viii

Acknowledgments xi

Maps xiii

1. Introduction: World War II and the Remaking of the Soviet Union 1

2. Reform, Reaction, Revolution 20

3. From Plan to Market 67

4. Structures of Society 109

5. Public and Private 138

6. Center and Periphery 176

7. National Questions 205

8. Geopolitical Imperatives 248

9. From Isolationism to Globalization 287

10. Conclusion: The Second Russian Revolution? 314

Notes 320

Guide to Further Reading 355

Index 361

Über Autor(innen)

STEPHEN LOVELL is a Reader in Modern European History at King's College London. His previous books include The Russian Reading Revolution: Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras (2000), Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000 (2003), Destination in Doubt: Russia since 1989 (2006), and The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction (2009).