Robert Strayer

Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?: Understanding Historical Change (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding Historical Change

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Taking the Soviet collapse - the most cataclysmic event of the recent past - as a case study, this text engages students in the exercise of historical analysis, interpretation and explanation. In exploring the question posed by the title, the author introduces and applies such organizing concepts as great power conflict, imperial decline, revolution, ethnic conflict, colonialism, economic development, totalitarian ideology, and transition to democracy in a most accessible way. Questions and controversies, and extracts from documentary and literary sources, anchor the text at key points. This book is intended for use in history and political science courses on the Soviet Union or more generally on the 20th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315503950
• Artikelnr.: 45260658

Autorenporträt

Strayer, Robert

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Contexts and Comparisons
Chapter 1 Legacies: The Burdens of Russian and Soviet History
Chapter 2 Cracks in the Foundation: The Post-Stalin Years
Chapter 3 Reviving Soviet Socialism: The Gorbachev Experiment
Chapter 4 Unintended Consequences: Economic Crisis and Social Awakening
Chapter 5 Passing into History: The Final Act of the Soviet Drama