Party, State, and Society in the Russian Civil War: Explorations in Social History Book

"This volume is a valuable source of information that also represents a genuinely collaborative approach to understanding Soviet history. The collection is so rich that every scholar and teacher of Soviet history will want to consult it. Highly recommended." — Choice

"Documentation of this well-edited volume is exhaustive. It can be highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students and specialists." — History

"This is a surprisingly readable, well-structured book that is an absolute necessity for a college library as well as a useful addition to a scholar's personal library." — Perspectives on Political Science

"... essential reading... abundant empirical research and fresh interpretations." — The Russian Review

To what extent were the social responses and political choices of the Civil War years the product of social and economic circumstances and to what extent were they the result of the independent exercise of conscious political will? This landmark volume presents the leading edge of current scholarship on the social history of the Russian Civil War.

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By 1921 (after four years of civil war), the Red Armies and the Soviet system emerged victorious, but the social and political consequences of this victory, the implications of the experience of the war years themselves, remain an unresolved historical issue. Among the questions confronted in these papers: To what extent were responses and political choices of the Civil War years the product of social and economic circumstances, to what extent the exercise of conscious political will? Why was there a progressive erosion of democratic practices and forms in the soviets, in the central government, in trade unions, and in the factories themselves in the post-October period? Paper edition (unseen), $12.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)