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| - 'J. N. Westwood certainly has done well in serving nearly two hundred years of Russian history in a very readable form ... In the sense of thematic division the book is well balanced. Westwood's use of language is enjoyable and often brings his opinion to the fore, be it critical, ironic or appreciative.' - European Review of History
- 'This is a work to suggest to someone who is new to Russian and Soviet history. Compared with many highly argumentative and analytically complex works, this book is enjoyable reading, digestible even for readers with little or no knowledge on the subject ... one of the best textbooks available on Russian history.' - European Review of History
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| Description | | - All of the chapters have been revised to incorporate recent research and findings from formerly closed archives
- Integrates new material on topical subjects such as Chechnya
- The chapters covering 1917-1941 have been substantially re-worked to take account of recent debates and developments
- Includes a new chapter covering the Yeltsin years
- The annotated bibliography has been fully revised and updated
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In Russia, both rulers and ruled long endeavoured to transform their country, each in their own forcible way. Their efforts never quite seemed to bring the results hoped for, and despite reform and revolution some things changed very little. This book sets out to relate Russian tradition and circumstances to the events of history and to encourage readers to seek their own explanation of the
country's paradox.
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.
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Readership: Undergraduates studying the history of modern Russia. Also for the interested general reader.
| Contents |
1.
Eighteen Twelve and After
2.
Zeal Overcomes All
3.
The Tsar Emancipator
4.
Reformers and Revolutionaries
5.
Alexander III
6.
Expansion in Asia
7.
1905
8.
Russia in 1914
9.
The Empire's Last War
10.
1917
11.
Civil Wars
12.
Disputes and Decisions
13.
Foundations of Stalinism
14.
The Great Patriotic War
15.
Stalin and Sclerosis
16.
The Krushchev Transfusion
17.
Brezhnev and the Long Wait
18.
Gorbachev's Transformation
19.
Shocks and Therapies
Annotated Bibliography
Maps
Tables
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
J. N. Westwood, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
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