On the centenary of the Russian Revolution; a classic history of the Soviet era; from 1917 to its fallOne hundred years after the Russian Revolution the Soviet Union remains the most extraordinary; yet tragic; attempt to create a society beyond capitalism. Yet its history was one that for a long time proved impossible to write. In The Soviet Century; Moshe Lewin follows this history in all its complexity; guiding us through the inner workings of a system which is still barely understood. In the process he overturns widely held beliefs about the USSR’s leaders; the State-Party system and the powerful Soviet bureaucracy. Departing from a simple linear history; The Soviet Century traces all the continuities and ruptures that led from the founding revolution of October 1917 to the final collapse of the late 1980s and early 1990s; passing through the Stalinist dictatorship; the impossible reforms of the Khrushchev years and the glasnost and perestroika policies of Gorbachev.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. LOVE THIS BOOK!!!By MikeI would recommend this book to anyone who loves naval aviation history. As the grandson of one of the ace pilots of VF-9 it was great reading about my grandfather’s experiences and battles that he fought in North Africa and in the Pacific. After conducting many years of research on my grandfather I thought I had learned just about everything about him but I was wrong. This book has brought me new insight into his career in the Navy and I’m glad that someone finally wrote a book about Fighting Squadron Nine. This is a must read!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy John OsbornGood book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I think it is of great interest to those of us with a personal connectionBy good buyMy uncle is mentioned in the book so of course I was excited to read it. I think it is of great interest to those of us with a personal connection. Less so for those without that connection.
