ebooks The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe; Volume 1 - Primary Source Edition by James Dunwody Bulloch in History

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This concise yet comprehensive textbook examines political; social; and cultural developments in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet period. It begins by identifying the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in Russia's government; from the turn of the century to the revolution of 1917. Peter Kenez presents this revolution as a crisis of authority that the creation of the Soviet Union resolved. The text traces the progress of the Soviet Union through the 1920s; the years of the New Economic Policies; and into the Stalinist order. It illustrates how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to find ways to rule the country without using Stalin's methods - but also without openly repudiating the past - and to negotiate a peaceful but antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. This updated third edition includes substantial new material; discussing the challenges Russia currently faces in the era of Putin.