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Soviet Tragedy A History of Socialism in Russia, 1917-1991

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ISBN-10: 0029197953

ISBN-13: 9780029197950

Edition: 1994

Authors: Martin E. Malia

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Traces the development of communism in the former Soviet Union from Lenin to the advent of Gorbachev, arguing that communism's failure was not the result of faulty execution but of the idea that society could be improved using force.
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 3/28/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 575
Size: 1.50" wide x 9.50" long x 6.50" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Martin Malia was Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia, 1917-1991.

Preface
Introduction. The Historical Issues: A Time for Judgment
The Origins
Why Socialism?
And Why in Russia First?
The Experiment
The Road to October: 1917
A Regime Is Born: War Communism, 1918-1921
The Road Not Taken: NEP 1921-1928
And They Built Socialism: 1929-1935
Purge and Consolidation: 1935-1939
The Empire
The Fortunes of War: 1939-1953
Reform Communism I: Khrushchev's Moscow Spring, 1953-1964
And the Bill Came Due: Brezhnev and Nomenklatura Communism, 1964-1982
The End
Reform Communism II: Gorbachev and Perestroika, 1982-1988
From Perestroika to Collapse: 1989-1991
The Perverse Logic of Utopia
Epilogue. The Legacy
Notes and Sources
Acknowledgments
Index