Stalin's Russia

by Chris Ward

Focusing on key themes in the period--from the rise of the General Secretary at the end of the 1920s to the world of "late Stalinism"--Chris Ward takes the reader to the center of the contemporary debate on Russia under Stalin and shows how historical enquiry has been conditioned not only by prevailing ideological fashions but also by the nature and quality of the sources available to researchers.

Chris Ward, Lecturer in Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge. Focusing on key themes in the period--from the rise of the General Secretary at the end of the 1920s to the world of "late Stalinism"--Chris Ward takes the reader to the center of the contemporary debate on Russia under Stalin and shows how historical enquiry has been conditioned not only by prevailing ideological fashions but also by the nature and quality of the sources available to researchers.

"Strongly recommended [students] will undoubtedly profit from reading Ward's views on this controversial subject and the purpose of academic history. Journal of European Studies ..a fresh and unhackneyed approach to a broadly familiar period."— Slavonica "Strongly recommended [students] will undoubtedly profit from reading Ward's views on this controversial subject and the purpose of academic history. Journal of European Studies ..a fresh and unhackneyed approach to a broadly familiar period."— Slavonica

Genres: History, Nonfiction, College

241 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Adam Youd · Rating 3 out of 5]

good intro to Stalinism, clearly incredibly well researched and impartial

[Boorrito · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you ever need to understand the English-language historiography on the Soviet Union under Stalin, you could do a hell of a lot worse than this book. Read up on the books that have been published since this one and you should be set.