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Soviet Union: A Documentary History Volume 1: 1917-1940 (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Studies in History)
Soviet Union A Documentary History Volume 1 19171940 - University of Exeter Press - Exeter Studies in History Author:Edward Acton, Tom Stableford This is the first volume of a new integrated documentary history of the Soviet Union. The Soviet story-the revolution, Lenin, Stalinism, the Great Patriotic War, the era of Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Cold War, and the dramatic collapse under Gorbachev-looms large in history syllabuses across the world. This book will be a valuable resource for s... more »tudents at all levels, drawing upon the primary material that has come to light since the collapse of Communist rule in 1991. Combining lucid narrative commentary and a rich selection of evocative documents, it provides a lively entrée to current debate over humanity's most momentous and tragic experiment. This volume is organised into three chronologically distinct parts, subdivided thematically and embedding over 200 documents. Key terms and references to individuals, places, events and institutions are explained and guidance provided on significant features of the primary sources. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. Volume Two, covering the period 1939-1991, is scheduled for publication in December 2004.« less