Endurance and endeavour : Russian history, 1812-2001 /
Westwood, J. N.
Endurance and endeavour : Russian history, 1812-2001 / created by J. N. Westwood. - Fifth Edition - xii, 638 pages : 24 cm. - (The short Oxford history of the modern world) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Eighteen Twelve and After ; 2. Zeal Overcomes All ; 3. The Tsar Emancipator ; 4. Reformers and Revolutionaries ; 5. Alexander III ; 6. Russia in Asia ; 7. 1905 ; 8. Russia in 1914 ; 9. The Empire's Last War ; 10. 1917 ; 11. The Civil War ; 12. Disputes and Decisions ; 13. Stalinism in Action ; 14. The Great Patriotic War ; 15. Consolidation and Ossification ; 16. The Krushchev Revival ; 17. Decrepitude ; 18. Transformation ; 19. Shocks and Therapies ; Annotated Bibliography ; Maps ; Tables ; Index
For this fifth edition of Endurance and Endeavour J. N. Westwood has completely revised the text and bibliography to incorporate recent research and findings from formerly closed archives, and has added a new chapter covering the Yeltsin years.
0199246173 (alk. paper) 9780199246175
Russia--History--1801-1917.
Soviet Union--History.
DK189 WES
Endurance and endeavour : Russian history, 1812-2001 / created by J. N. Westwood. - Fifth Edition - xii, 638 pages : 24 cm. - (The short Oxford history of the modern world) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Eighteen Twelve and After ; 2. Zeal Overcomes All ; 3. The Tsar Emancipator ; 4. Reformers and Revolutionaries ; 5. Alexander III ; 6. Russia in Asia ; 7. 1905 ; 8. Russia in 1914 ; 9. The Empire's Last War ; 10. 1917 ; 11. The Civil War ; 12. Disputes and Decisions ; 13. Stalinism in Action ; 14. The Great Patriotic War ; 15. Consolidation and Ossification ; 16. The Krushchev Revival ; 17. Decrepitude ; 18. Transformation ; 19. Shocks and Therapies ; Annotated Bibliography ; Maps ; Tables ; Index
For this fifth edition of Endurance and Endeavour J. N. Westwood has completely revised the text and bibliography to incorporate recent research and findings from formerly closed archives, and has added a new chapter covering the Yeltsin years.
0199246173 (alk. paper) 9780199246175
Russia--History--1801-1917.
Soviet Union--History.
DK189 WES