| The Khrushchev Era 1953-1964 Contributor(s): McCauley, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138425362 ISBN-13: 9781138425361 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Modern - 20th Century - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 947.085 |
| Physical Information: 158 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: History and politics students alike will welcome this new Seminar Study which analyses the Khrushchev era -- a critical period of Soviet and world history. It was Khrushchev who, in 1957, finally filled the political vacuum left by the death of Stalin in 1953. He was an erratic, impulsive, inspirational and innovative leader who addressed the fundamental problems of the country - and yet he was, Martin McCauley argues, "a brilliant failure''. In this study the author explores all aspects of the Khrushchev era: including reforms in agriculture, economic policy, crises in Eastern Europe, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, de-Stalinisation and Khrushchev's attempts to reform the Communist Party. |