Bolshevik and Stalinist Russia, 1917-64 Michael Lynch

Includes bibliographical references and index.

hapter 1: Dissent and Revolution, 19171: The structure of government 2: Russia at war, 19173: The February Revolution, 19174: The Dual Authority and continued unrest5: The October Revolution, 1917Chapter 2: The Bolshevik Consolidation of Power, 1917-241: The establishment of government and power2: Peace with Germany3: Civil war and foreign relations 1918-244: War Communism and NEP, 1918-21 5: Lenin, government and the Communist PartyChapter 3: Stalin's Rise to Power, 1924-291: Stalin's record as a revolutionary before 19242: The power struggle within the Communist Party3: `Permanent Revolution' versus `Socialism in One Country'4: Stalin's defeat of Trotsky and the Left5: Stalin's defeat of the RightChapter 4: Stalin's Rule: Economy and Society, 1929-411: Stalin's economic aims after 19292: Collectivisation and the war against the peasantry3: Industrialisation - the first three Five-Year Plans4: Key debateChapter 5: Stalin's Dictatorship, Power and Society, 1929-411: The purges and the mechanisms of control2: Soviet totalitarianism and its impact on culture and society3: Stalin's cult of personality4: Stalin's foreign policy, 1933-41Chapter 6: The Great Patriotic War and High Stalinism1: Stalin as war leader2: The impact of the war on the Soviet Union3: High Stalinism in the USSR, 1945-53 4: Stalin's legacy in 19535: Key debateChapter 7: Khrushchev and De-Stalinisation, 1953-641: Khrushchev's rise to power, 1953-582: De-Stalinisation and reform3: Khrushchev and the Soviet economy4: Khrushchev's fall, 1964