Making breaking soviet system von read christopher (22 Ergebnisse)

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Red Globe Press, 2001
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan Limited, 2001
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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan Limited, 2001
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Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave, 2001
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Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of t…he actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780333731536.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave, 2001
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Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the act…ual item,450grams, ISBN:9780333731536.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. There are few subjects more ambitious than explaining the rise and collapse of the Soviet Union in a single volume. This was, after all, a state that attempted to redesign economics, society, agriculture, politics, architecture and arguably human nature itself, usually before lunch and often with catast…rophic paperwork. Yet Christopher Read?s The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System tackles the whole extraordinary experiment with admirable clarity and just enough scholarly calm to stop the reader running screaming into the snow. This is the kind of history book that reminds you the twentieth century was essentially several decades of humanity collectively deciding to ?try something dramatic? and then acting surprised when millions of filing cabinets, ideological manifestos and concrete apartment blocks failed to produce utopia. The Soviet story contains everything: revolution, famine, industrialisation, paranoia, heroism, bureaucracy, space travel, shortages, political terror and men in oversized coats applauding speeches they probably did not fully trust. Read navigates all this with intelligence and restraint. Rather than reducing Soviet history to cartoon villains and simplistic Cold War clichés, he treats it as a complicated human system built by people who genuinely believed they were creating a better future, before reality intervened with its usual lack of cooperation. Which is ultimately what makes the subject so fascinating. The Soviet Union was not merely a country; it was an enormous argument about how civilisation should function. Naturally, because this is a serious historical work, there are discussions of ideology, state structures and economic transformation. But there is also the persistent underlying absurdity of attempting to centrally organise the lives of hundreds of millions of people using committees, slogans and increasingly nervous men named Yuri. History repeatedly demonstrates that human beings are difficult enough to organise into a queue for a bus, never mind an entirely new social order. The title itself deserves praise. The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System sounds wonderfully industrial, like a government instructional film from 1972 narrated by a deeply weary academic smoking continuously beside a large wall map. And in many ways that is exactly the atmosphere you want from a book about Soviet history: thoughtful, analytical and faintly haunted by the knowledge that every grand political vision eventually ends with shortages of something important. There is also something deeply ironic about reading Soviet history in the twenty-first century while surrounded by algorithm-driven capitalism, targeted advertising and people voluntarily allowing their refrigerators to connect to the internet. Previous generations imagined the future would involve ideological superstates battling over economic systems. Instead we ended up arguing with subscription services and accepting cookies on websites every eleven seconds. The Palgrave Macmillan edition carries all the reassuring signs of proper academic seriousness. This is not one of those flashy airport history books promising ?TEN DICTATORS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD.? It is a real history text, written by someone who expects readers to possess attention spans longer than a TikTok video. Refreshing, frankly. Condition-wise, this copy is listed as Good, meaning it has survived the collapse of at least one global political order while remaining perfectly readable. One suspects previous owners may have approached it armed with highlighters, coffee and a growing suspicion that history never really ends; it merely changes flags and logos. As sold by Crappy Old Books, this volume occupies the perfect intersection between intellectual seriousness and second-hand charm. Somewhere out there are pristine untouched copies sitting on university shelves gathering dust. This one, however, has likely lived a more interesting life, which feels strangely appropriate for a book about one of history?s grandest and most chaotic political experiments. If you enjoy political history, revolutions, ideological battles, collapsing empires or simply the comforting reminder that every system eventually insists it has solved humanity before reality proves otherwise, The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System is an absorbing and unexpectedly timely read. At the very least, it may leave you permanently suspicious of anyone claiming to possess a flawless plan for reorganising society. THIS BOOK BEARS THE CRAPPY OLD BOOKS STAMP. IF THAT IS UNDESIRABLE PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS. THE STAMP MARKS WHICH IS USUALLY TO THE FRONT AND BACK INNER PAGES SAYS SOLD BY CRAPPY OLD BOOKS WITH WEB SITE URL. IT IN NO WAY DEMINISHED FROM THE READING. IF YOU WANT A PRISTINE BOOK, PLEASE FIND ANOTHER BOOK IN BETTER CONDITION SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Red Globe Press, 2001
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Zustand: Very Good. The books cover is in very good condition with small scuffs and scratches. The content is in very good condition with a small inscription on the first page.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave, 2010
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Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:97…80333731536.

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Red Globe Press, 2001
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Sprache: Englisch
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Sprache: Englisch
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Sprache: Englisch
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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
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Sprache: Englisch
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Zustand: New. Using post-Soviet materials and perspectives, this study examines the reasons for the successes and failures of the Soviet system. In particular, it argues that the underlying reasons for the system's collapse can be found in the contradictions of the revolution which gave birth to it. Series: European History in P…erspective. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346. . 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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In den Warenkorb1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo x + 259pp., notes, bibliog., index, How the contradictory parts of the Soviet experience are linked.

Sprache: Englisch
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Zustand: New. Using post-Soviet materials and perspectives, this study examines the reasons for the successes and failures of the Soviet system. In particular, it argues that the underlying reasons for the system's collapse can be found in the contradictions of the revolution which gave birth to it. Series: European History in P…erspective. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346. . 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. . . . .

Sprache: Englisch
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Sprache: Englisch
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1917 have been among the most dominant shaping forces of the twentieth century, eventually dividing almost the entire globe into a battleground between capitalism and communism. The reputations of the main leaders of Russia/the Soviet Union - Lenin…, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin - have soared and plummeted. Great achievements such as victory over Nazi Germany; putting the first satellite and human in space; building a massive industrial base and advancing the living and educational standards of the population have been undermined by political repression and incalculable human cost.In a cool, non-polemical manner, the author shows how the contradictory parts of the Soviet experience are linked. Using post-Soviet materials and perspectives he examines the reasons for the successes and failures of the Soviet system. In particular, the book argues that the underlying reasons for the system's collapse can be found in the contradictions of the revolution which gave birth to it. The consequences are traced through the Stalin Revolution, the Great Terror, the Second World War, the Cold War, the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years down to Gorbachev's doomed attempt to transform the Soviet system. Particular attention is given to the divergence between the aspirations of the leadership and the social evolution of the ordinary Russian people. The study concludes with a survey of the post-Soviet scene from Yeltsin to Putin. The result is a volume indispensible to anyone who needs a readily comprehensible guide to the Russia that lies beyond the stereotypes. The consequences are traced through the Stalin Revolution, the Great Terror, the Second World War, the Cold War, the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years down to Gorbachev's doomed attempt to transform the Soviet system. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Zustand: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. A highly readable and original integrated interpretation of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union Integrates research using postSoviet archives only recently available to western scholars A comprehensible guide to one o…f the most widely studied topi.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1917 have been among the most dominant shaping forces of the twentieth century, eventually dividing almost the entire globe into a battleground between capitalism and communism. The reputations… of the main leaders of Russia/the Soviet Union - Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin - have soared and plummeted. Great achievements such as victory over Nazi Germany; putting the first satellite and human in space; building a massive industrial base and advancing the living and educational standards of the population have been undermined by political repression and incalculable human cost.In a cool, non-polemical manner, the author shows how the contradictory parts of the Soviet experience are linked. Using post-Soviet materials and perspectives he examines the reasons for the successes and failures of the Soviet system. In particular, the book argues that the underlying reasons for the system's collapse can be found in the contradictions of the revolution which gave birth to it. The consequences are traced through the Stalin Revolution, the Great Terror, the Second World War, the Cold War, the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years down to Gorbachev's doomed attempt to transform the Soviet system. Particular attention is given to the divergence between the aspirations of the leadership and the social evolution of the ordinary Russian people. The study concludes with a survey of the post-Soviet scene from Yeltsin to Putin. The result is a volume indispensible to anyone who needs a readily comprehensible guide to the Russia that lies beyond the stereotypes.