Communism and its collapse
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
Mainland Spain
- Publisher ROUTLEDGE
- ISBN13 9780415171809
- ISBN10 0415171806
- Type Book
- Pages 91
- Published 2001
- Bookbinding Rustic
Sections
Universal History ContemporaryCommunism and its collapse
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
Mainland Spain
Book Details
Ranging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s, this study examines the course of Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these countries, including:
* communism as a doctrine
* the evolution of Communist rule
* the challenges to Soviet authority in Hungary and Yugoslavia
* the emerging economic fragility of the 1960s
* the complex process of collapse in the 1980s.
Featuring the latest research, Communism and Its Collapse is a thorougly comprehensive account of the rise and fall of communism .
Stephen White is a Professor of Policital Science and a member of The Institute of Central and Eastern European Studies at the University of Glasgow.