The Stalinist Era
Series:
New Approaches to European History;
57;
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 15 November 2018
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Product details:
ISBN13: | 9780521188371 |
ISBN10: | 0521188377 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 216 pages |
Size: | 228x152x10 mm |
Weight: | 360 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 22 b/w illus. 3 maps |
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Short description:
Placing Stalinism in its international context, The Stalinist Era explains the origins and consequences of Soviet state intervention and violence.
Long description:
Placing Stalinism in its international context, David L. Hoffmann presents a new interpretation of Soviet state intervention and violence. Many 'Stalinist' practices - the state-run economy, surveillance, propaganda campaigns, and the use of concentration camps - did not originate with Stalin or even in Russia, but were instead tools of governance that became widespread throughout Europe during the First World War. The Soviet system was formed at this moment of total war, and wartime practices of mobilization and state violence became building blocks of the new political order. Communist Party leaders in turn used these practices ruthlessly to pursue their ideological agenda of economic and social transformation. Synthesizing new research on Stalinist collectivization, industrialization, cultural affairs, gender roles, nationality policies, the Second World War, and the Cold War, Hoffmann provides a succinct account of this pivotal period in world history.
'Stressing red Russia's need to modernize, state practices of social intervention, and the ideological worldview of Soviet leaders, David L. Hoffmann draws on a career of writing on the Stalin era - and the international context that shaped it - to produce this compelling up-to-date synthesis that will appeal to students and lay readers alike.' Donald Raleigh, University of North Carolina
'Stressing red Russia's need to modernize, state practices of social intervention, and the ideological worldview of Soviet leaders, David L. Hoffmann draws on a career of writing on the Stalin era - and the international context that shaped it - to produce this compelling up-to-date synthesis that will appeal to students and lay readers alike.' Donald Raleigh, University of North Carolina
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. Prelude to Stalinism; 2. Building socialism (1928
-33); 3. Socialism attained (1934
-38); 4. The Second World War (1939
-45); 5. The postwar years (1946
-53); Conclusion.
-33); 3. Socialism attained (1934
-38); 4. The Second World War (1939
-45); 5. The postwar years (1946
-53); Conclusion.