First published in print format 2006 isbn-13 isbn-10ĩ78-0-4 eBook (NetLibrary) 0-2 eBook (NetLibrary)Ĭambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. PETER KENEZ University of California, Santa CruzĬambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York Information on this title: © Peter Kenez 1999, 2006 This publication is in copyright. He is currently Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Ī History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End Second Edition He is the author of many articles and books, including Cinema and Soviet Society, 1917–1953, and Varieties of Fear. In this new edition, he also examines the post-Soviet period, tracing Russia’s development up to the present day. He shows how post-Stalin Soviet leaders struggled to find ways to rule the country without using Stalin’s methods but also without openly repudiating the past, and to negotiate a peaceful but antipathetic coexistence with the capitalist West. Kenez traces the development of the Soviet Union from the Revolution, through the 1920s, the years of the New Economic Policies – which he sees as crucial to any interpretation of the history of the Soviet Union – and into the Stalinist order. Kenez envisions that revolution as a crisis of authority that posed the question, “Who shall govern Russia?” This question was resolved with the creation of the Soviet Union. The book identifies the social tensions and political inconsistencies that spurred radical change in the government of Russia, beginning at the turn of the twentieth century, culminating in the revolution of 1917. A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End Second Edition Peter Kenez’s A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End examines not only political change but also social and cultural developments.
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