A History Of Soviet Russia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — paperback cover shows wear, redness fading and light scuffing on edges and corners. Page Condition: Likely yellowed/tanned given age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact but showing age-related wear.
A landmark work of twentieth-century historiography, A History of Soviet Russia presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the rise, consolidation, and evolution of the Soviet state from the Bolshevik Revolution through the mid-Cold War era. Georg von Rauch, a distinguished German historian and specialist in Eastern European affairs, chronicles the dramatic political, economic, and social transformations that reshaped Russia under communist rule, drawing on an impressive command of primary and secondary sources. The narrative traces the turbulent reigns of Lenin and Stalin, the brutal collectivisation campaigns, the purges, and the emergence of the USSR as a global superpower with unflinching analytical clarity. Written with scholarly precision yet accessible to the general reader, this fifth revised edition remains an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the ideological forces and historical events that defined the Soviet century.
Author: Georg Von Rauch
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — paperback cover shows wear, redness fading and light scuffing on edges and corners. Page Condition: Likely yellowed/tanned given age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact but showing age-related wear.
A landmark work of twentieth-century historiography, A History of Soviet Russia presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the rise, consolidation, and evolution of the Soviet state from the Bolshevik Revolution through the mid-Cold War era. Georg von Rauch, a distinguished German historian and specialist in Eastern European affairs, chronicles the dramatic political, economic, and social transformations that reshaped Russia under communist rule, drawing on an impressive command of primary and secondary sources. The narrative traces the turbulent reigns of Lenin and Stalin, the brutal collectivisation campaigns, the purges, and the emergence of the USSR as a global superpower with unflinching analytical clarity. Written with scholarly precision yet accessible to the general reader, this fifth revised edition remains an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the ideological forces and historical events that defined the Soviet century.