Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Why Gorbachev? : the rise and fall of the Soviet system /

Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Why Gorbachev? : the rise and fall of the Soviet system /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Von Laue, Theodore H. (Theodore Hermann)
Edition:	3rd ed.
Imprint:	New York, NY : HarperCollins College Publishers, c1993.
Description:	xii, 194 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Critical periods of history Critical periods of history (New York, N.Y.)
Subject:	Politics and government Soviet Union -- History Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991 Soviet Union. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1343164

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Other uniform titles:	Von Laue, Theodore H. (Theodore Hermann). Why Lenin? Why Stalin?
ISBN:	0065011112
Notes:	Rev. ed. of: Why Lenin? Why Stalin. 2nd ed. c1971. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. The Setting: The West and the World
2. The Condition of Russia
3. The First Crisis, 1900-1905
4. The Collapse of Autocracy, 1905-1917
5. The Training of the Heirs
6. 1917: March to November
7. 1917: March to November
8. The First Months of the Soviet Regime
9. The Universal Cyclone, 1918-1921
10. The Bases of Soviet Strength, 1921-1924
11. The Stalin Revolution, 1924-1930
12. Stalinism: From 1930s to 1985
13. Gorbachev: From High Hopes to the Bitter End
14. Summarizing Reflections