Download or read book The Black Book of Communism written by Stéphane Courtois and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former Soviet bloc to reveal the accomplishments of communism around the world. The book is the first attempt to catalogue and analyse the crimes of communism over 70 years.

Download or read book Stalinism for All Seasons written by Vladimir Tismaneanu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the Romanian Communist Party (RCP) traces its origins as a tiny, clandestine revolutionary organization in the 1920s, to its years in national power from 1944 to 1989, and to the post-1989 metamorphoses.

Download or read book Russia in the Era of NEP written by Sheila Fitzpatrick and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1991-09-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . a comprehensive look at an enigmatic era . . . " —Choice "This provocative collection of essays certainly takes some of the polish off Soviet socialism's golden age." —Journal of Interdisciplinary History "The authors and editors of this splendid volume deserve great praise. Their work moves the field of Soviet history several large steps forward." —Slavic Review Lenin's New Economic Policy of the 1920s, although a relatively free and open potential alternative to Soviet communism, was also a time of extreme tension, as Russian society and culture were rocked by the forces of resistance and change. These essays examine the social and cultural dimensions of NEP in urban and rural Russia in the years before Stalin and rapid industrialization.

Download or read book The Ceau escu Cult written by Anneli Ute Gabanyi and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communist Terror in Romania written by Dennis Deletant and published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 1999 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a single-volume history of Romania under Gheorghiu-Dej, the Communist ruler and predecessor of Nicolae Ceausescu. It investigates the Communist's use of terror in their attempt to totally transform Romanian society, including appalling abuses and mass arrests.

Download or read book Ceau escu and the Securitate written by Dennis Deletant and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1995 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deletant (Romanian studies, U. of London) provides an extensive history and examination of the Securitate, Ceausescu's secret police. The first two chapters address the methods used to impose Communist rule in Romania and revolutionize Romanian society. Subsequent chapters deal with Transylvania and Ceaucescu's appeals to national sentiment, the role of Bessarabia in cultivating support, compliance and dissent, central planning, repression in the years 1978 to 1989, and the present state of affairs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Reinventing Politics written by Vladimir Tismaneanu and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will the nations of Eastern Europe become liberal democracies? How has more than 40 years of totalitarian rule transformed the East European psyche? How ill the emerging realities of Eastern Europe affect the rest of Europe and the world? In an effort to answer these questions, Romanian-born scholar Vladimir Tismaneuanu chronicles the turbulent history of this embattled region, from the decades of Soviet domination to the momentous events leading up to and following the Revolution of 1989. He views Eastern Europe as being on the threshold of a great opportunity -- to become reunited, through pan-European arrangements, with the West, and thereby recover its truly European identity. -- From publisher's description.

Download or read book Stalinism written by Sheila Fitzpatrick and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book The Origins of Stalinism written by Pavel Câmpeanu and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1986 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Provisional Government -- The soviets -- Dual power -- The army -- The proletariat -- The Bolshevik party -- The seizure of power -- Power -- Anticipation -- Incomplete realization -- The possibility of Stalinism -- IV. The Anti-imperialist Character of the Revolution -- Hypotheses -- Definition -- Russia's dual articulation with the imperialist system -- The war -- Connections -- The revolutionary forces -- Realization -- From isolation to internationalization -- About the Author

Download or read book Romania Politics Economics and Society written by Michael Shafir and published by Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Political Economy of Romanian Socialism written by William E. Crowther and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-08-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crowther has produced an able overview of Romania, encompassing political and socioeconomic history as well as contemporary domestic and international circumstances of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime. Choice This volume focuses on post-World War II Romania as a case study in state socialist politics. Crowther skillfully describes the consolidation of power following the inception of communist rule. He asserts that the current Romanian regime--and those of the other state socialist countries--can best be understood when viewed as integral elements in coherent political economies. Crowther analyzes developed national communism, placing contemporary Romania in the context of the international environment and exploring the impact of external factors on the domestic political system. Finally, he discusses the implications of the Romanian example for the study of state socialist political systems in general.

Download or read book Intellectuals and the Articulation of the Nation written by Ronald Grigor Suny and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary look at the role of intellectuals in the making of nations

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Download or read book The Solitude of Collectivism written by David A. Kideckel and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformation of Transylvania (Romania) village life through four decades of socialist rule and during period after 1989 revolution. Author conducted fieldwork in Olt Land region of southern Transylvania.