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Author Priestland, David.

Title Stalinism and the politics of mobilization : ideas, power, and terror in inter-war Russia / David Priestland
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 487 pages)
Contents Introduction: Ideas and politics in Bolshevik Russia -- Victory and fragmentation, 1917-1921 -- The emergence of left and right, 1921-1927 -- Mobilization and 'class struggle', 1928-1930 -- The search for unity and order, 1930-1935 -- Mobilization and terror, 1934-1939 -- Conclusion: Mobilization and 'class struggle' in Communist politics
Summary The relationship between ideas and politics in inter-war Russia has long been controversial, and historians have been sharply divided over the influence of Marxism on Stalinist politics. This study presents a reassessment of Bolshevik ideology, and of the ways in which it interacted with other political forces during the period. By analysing the political discourse of the Bolshevik leadership, it shows how differing interpretations of Marxism-Leninism informed contrasting political. and economic strategies. In particular, it traces the emergence of a strategy of mobilization, which was closely
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-460) and index
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Subject Communism -- Soviet Union -- History
HISTORY.
Communism
Politics and government
Bolsjewisme.
Politieke mobilisatie.
Stalinisme.
Terreur.
89.15 communism.
15.70 history of Europe.
Kommunismus
Marxismus-Leninismus
Politik
Politische Elite
Stalinismus
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125845
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847
Subject Soviet Union
Sovjet-Unie.
Sowjetunion
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006102293
ISBN 0191529656
9780191529658
9780199245130
0199245134
1281163988
9781281163981
9786611163983
6611163980
1429489901
9781429489904