1. Edition - August 2010
83.90 Euro
2010. 392 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-6959-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-6959-2 - John Wiley & Sons






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Detailed description
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.

From the contents
List of Illustrations.

Series Editor's Preface.

Acknowledgments.

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

2. Reform, Reaction, Revolution.

3. From Plan to Market.

4. Structures of Society.

5. Public and Private.

6. Center and Periphery.

7. National Questions.

8. Geopolitical Imperatives.

9. From Isolationism to Globalization.

10. Conclusion: The Second Russian Revolution?

Notes.

Guide to Further Reading.

Index.