Revisioning Stalin and Stalinism: Complexities, Contradictions, and Controversies - Hardcover

James Ryan; Susan Grant

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350122947 ISBN 13: 9781350122949

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

Synopsis

This thought-provoking collection of essays, assembled in honour of renowned historian Geoffrey Roberts, analyses the complex, multi-faceted, and even contradictory nature of Stalinism and its representations. Stalinism was an extraordinarily repressive and violent political model, and yet it was led by ideologues committed to a vision of socialism and international harmony. This volume revisions Stalin in his various guises despot and diplomat, soldier and statesman, rational bureaucrat and paranoid politician and explores the complex picture that this created in Russia during the period. Broadly speaking, three important areas of debate are examined, united by a focus on political leadership: * The key controversies surrounding Stalins leadership role * A reconsideration of Stalin and the Cold War * New perspectives on the cult of personality Revisioning Stalin and Stalinism is a crucial volume for all students and scholars of Stalins Russia and Cold War Europe.

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About the Authors

James Ryan is Senior Lecturer in Modern European (Russian) History at Cardiff University, UK. He is the author of Lenin’s Terror: The Ideological Origins of Early Soviet State Violence (2012), and his articles have appeared in journals such as Slavic Review, Europe-Asia Studies, and Historical Research.

Susan Grant is Reader in Modern European History at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She is the author of Physical Culture and Sport in Soviet Society (2013), and articles in journals such as the American Journal of Public Health, Medical History, and Revolutionary Russia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350122947
• ISBN 13: 9781350122949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272