Will The Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?
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A landmark work of Soviet-era political dissent, Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984? presents a bold and unflinching analysis of the structural decay corroding the USSR from within. Written in 1969 by a dissident historian who paid for his candor with imprisonment and exile, the essay argues that the Soviet system was doomed by its own internal contradictions — a rigid bureaucracy, a disengaged populace, and the unresolved tensions of a vast, multi-ethnic empire. With striking prescience, Amalrik illustrates how the regime's inability to reform itself, combined with potential conflict with China, would ultimately accelerate its collapse. The tone is coolly analytical yet deeply courageous, the work of a man who understood the personal cost of speaking truth to power. Decades before the Soviet Union's actual dissolution in 1991, this essay stands as one of the most remarkable acts of political prophecy in modern history.
Author: Andrei Amalrik
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Allen Lane The Penguin Press
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of Soviet-era political dissent, Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984? presents a bold and unflinching analysis of the structural decay corroding the USSR from within. Written in 1969 by a dissident historian who paid for his candor with imprisonment and exile, the essay argues that the Soviet system was doomed by its own internal contradictions — a rigid bureaucracy, a disengaged populace, and the unresolved tensions of a vast, multi-ethnic empire. With striking prescience, Amalrik illustrates how the regime's inability to reform itself, combined with potential conflict with China, would ultimately accelerate its collapse. The tone is coolly analytical yet deeply courageous, the work of a man who understood the personal cost of speaking truth to power. Decades before the Soviet Union's actual dissolution in 1991, this essay stands as one of the most remarkable acts of political prophecy in modern history.