The Awakening of the Soviet Union: Enlarged Edition (Reith Lectures) - Softcover

Hosking, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674055519 ISBN 13: 9780674055513

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1991

Synopsis

The Awakening of the Soviet Union A guide to the rapid changes taking place in the Soviet Union. Hosking's analysis illuminates the social, cultural and historical developments that have created the need - and openness - for sweeping political and economic change. Full description

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Review:

The most useful and reliable guide to the chaos of the current Soviet Union...[Hosking's] grasp of the overall picture of the Soviet Union and of its history is solid and uncluttered.

The Awakening of the Soviet Union does more to help English speakers understand these changes than any of the dozens of books on the subject published in the past five years.

Geoffrey Hosking has...produced a series of almost timeless essays on the deeper currents of change and reform within the Soviet system.--Martin Walker "Washington Post Book World "

Among the most enlightening and informative accounts of what has already been one of the most amazing peaceful revolutions in modern times...[A] fine study.--Adam B. Ulam "New York Times Book Review "

"The Awakening of the Soviet Union" does more to help English speakers understand these changes than any of the dozens of books on the subject published in the past five years.--Anthony Astrachan "The Nation "

The Awakening of the Soviet Union does more to help English speakers understand these changes than any of the dozens of books on the subject published in the past five years.--Anthony Astrachan "The Nation "

From the Back Cover:

One of the world's preeminent scholars of the Soviet Union with many personal contacts there, Geoffrey Hosking provides a unique perspective on the rapid changes the country is experiencing. Other books have focused on the political changes taking place under Gorbachev; Hosking's lively analysis illuminates the social, cultural, and historical developments that have created the need-and openness-for sweeping political and economic change.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0674055519
• ISBN 13: 9780674055513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256