Stalinism by Robert C. Tucker PAPERBACK 9780765804839

Name: Stalinism by Robert C. Tucker PAPERBACK 9780765804839
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc

Taylor & Francis Inc

StalinismEssays in Historical Interpretation\nAuthor(s): Robert C. Tucker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United Kingdom\nImprint: Transaction Publishers\nISBN-13: 9780765804839, 978-0765804839\nSynopsis\nIn the years since Stalin's death, his profound influence upon the historical development of Communism has remained elusive and in need of interpretation. Stalinism, as his system has become known, is a phenomenon which embraced all facets of political and social life. While its effect upon the Soviet Union and other nations today is far less than it was while Stalin lived, it is by no means dead.\n\nIn this landmark volume some of the world's foremost scholars of the subject, in a concerted group inquiry, present their interpretations of Stalinism and its influence on all areas of comparative Communist studies from history and politics to economics, sociology, and literary scholarship. The studies contained in this volume are an outgrowth of a conference on""