Postwar Soviet Politics : the Fall of Zhdanov and the Defeat of Moderation, 1946-53 /

In the years immediately following World War II, the Soviet Union witnessed a revival of tight Stalinist controls. Werner G. Hahn here explores the politics behind the USSR's rejection of moderation and seeming willingness to collaborate with the West, in favor of cold-war militancy abroad and...

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Main Author: Hahn, Werner G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Zhdanov's Victory- 1946
  • 2. The Great Debates
  • 1947
  • 3. Zhdanov's Fall- 1948
  • 4. Triumph of Reaction- 1949
  • 5. Stalin's Last Years and the Succession- 1950-55
  • 6. B.M. Kedrov- A Soviet "Liberal"
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Bibliography
  • Index