By Stephen J. Lee
ISBN-10: 0415185734
ISBN-13: 9780415185738
Stalin and the Soviet Union bargains new interpretations of lately exposed records studying the Soviet leader's family and international coverage. It covers middle subject matters corresponding to:
* Stalin's upward thrust to power
* the economy
* society
* culture
* the chilly War
* the second one global War
* terror.
For all scholars of Russia, Stalin and eu historical past, this may end up crucial interpreting, and a transparent historical past and consultant to examination success.
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The terror also made it possible to experiment with more obvious democratic forms in the 1936 Constitution, since these were neutralised and therefore never amounted to anything in practice. Terror did all these things. But it has traditionally been seen as working in one way only—as tightening the political system and therefore enhancing the powers of dictatorship. There is, however, another possibility —that it unleashed chaos into the system that actually limited the extent to which dictatorship could operate effectively.
Local managers had to protect themselves by exaggerating their needs for investment and by hoarding materials to ensure that they had sufficient supplies. This meant shortages elsewhere and a consequent lack of overall balance. (6) In other words, the unrealistic demands from the centre forced the localities into defensive measures that could be obstructive to balanced growth. Increasing emphasis is now being placed on the complete lack of harmony between the different sectors of the economy. It is instructive to compare Soviet industrial development with that in the United States.
The urban proletariat above all wanted readily available food and greater job security, both of which depended on a compliant peasantry. The peasants, however, wanted higher food prices that would enable them to buy more consumer goods. Unfortunately, consumer goods were not the way to guarantee job security for the workers or state investment in industry. Within the constraints of the Bolshevik system there was therefore a growing clash between the two sectors of agriculture and industry. This tension was bound to well upwards to influence the decisions taken in the name of the various groups.
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