Stalin and Stalinism Revised 3rd Edition

The ideal book to help students understand the background and long term influence of one of the great monsters of the twentieth century. This new edition brings the book completely up-to-date - existing chapters revised to include the latest information and debates. Additional documents in the Documents section - graphically demonstrate the massive cost of the Stalin dictatorship to Soviet citizens. Reader-friendly and easier to navigate.

Martin McCauley is a seasoned writer and broadcaster who has a wealth of experience in Russian and international affairs. His recent publications include Russia, America and the Cold War revised 2nd edition (2008), Origins of the Cold War revised 3rd edition (2008) and The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (2007)

Foreword to the Third Edition	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Chronology	p. xii
Who's Who	p. xxiii
Glossary	p. xxix
Map and Charts	p. xxxvi
The Context	p. 1
Introduction: The Problem	p. 3
The Bolsheviks come to power	p. 5
Approaches to the study of Stalinism	p. 8
The Russian Revolution and the Soviet State, 1917-29	p. 13
The October Revolution	p. 16
State capitalism and war communism	p. 20
NEP	p. 25
Analysis	p. 37
The Thirties	p. 39
Politics and the economy	p. 39
Culture	p. 46
The purges	p. 48
Foreign policy	p. 54
Stalinism triumphant	p. 57
The Great Fatherland War, 1941-45	p. 64
The attack	p. 64
German war goals	p. 65
The progress of the war	p. 65
The economy	p. 71
Culture	p. 71
The party	p. 72
The nationalities	p. 72
The grand alliance	p. 73
High Stalinism, 1945-53	p. 76
Internal policy	p. 76
Economic policy	p. 82
Foreign policy	p. 84
Assessment	p. 89
Stalin: Personality and Power	p. 91
The Judgement	p. 100
Documents	p. 105
The party	p. 106
The right deviation	p. 107
Dizzy with success	p. 108
Harsh realities	p. 109
The breakneck speed of industrialisation	p. 110
Famine and the nouveaux riches	p. 111
Fulfilment of the principal goals of the Stalinist five-year plans, 1928-50	p. 113
Mandelstam's poem about Stalin (November 1933)	p. 114

Interrogation techniques	p. 115
Aunt Lesia	p. 117
Bukharin	p. 119
Operational order no. 00447: 30 July 1937	p. 121
Molotov	p. 123
Stepan Podlubny's diary	p. 124
Stalin the miracle-worker	p. 125
The Stalin cult blossoms	p. 127

A call to arms	p. 128
Real burden of defence outlays, 1940-44	p. 129
Military losses in the Great Patriotic War	p. 130

GDP per head of the USSR in international comparison, 1913-40	p. 130
Real GDP by sector of origin, 1937-44	p. 131

Prikaz (decree) of the USSR people's commissariat of internal affairs issued in 1941	p. 132
The USSR NKVD section for combatting banditry	p. 134
The cost of hostilities: a balance sheet	p. 135
Stalin the omniscient	p. 136
Stalin on Red Army discipline	p. 137
Stalin in 1948	p. 138
Soviet attitudes towards Yugoslav culture	p. 139
The importance of the cow	p. 140
A Jewish success story	p. 140
Youth, culture and health	p. 141
The reality of Soviet planning	p. 143
What is Stalinism?	p. 144
Further Reading	p. 147
References	p. 152
Index	p. 155
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