| /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ A Vision Unfulfilled, Russia and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth Century, 1996, by John M. Thompson, softcover, published by D. C. Heath and Company, 557 pages plus 55 appendix and index pages. From the Preface ----- Most histories of modern Russia written before 1991 underscore the stability and durability of the Soviet system that emerged from the Russian Revolution of 1917. The fallacy of this premise, however, became obvious with the Soviet state's disintegration between 1989 and 1991. In addition, the U.S.S.R.'s collapse revealed the powerful impact on Soviet society of escalating urbanization, nearly universal secondary education, and growing access to information. The confluence of these forces catalyzed antisystem attitudes and values among the Soviet populace. The Soviet empire's implosion also highlighted the role of non-Russian nationalism, long smoldering under the cloak of Soviet patriotism. Writing a book that interprets twentieth-century Russian history in the aftermath of the revolution of 1989 to 1991 requires a thorough recasting of the subject; it is not enough to refurbish a pre-1991 interpretation "around the edges." The conviction that modern Russian history demands a fresh, new analysis underlies this volume. A Vision Unfulfilled reinterprets late tsarist and Soviet history in light of recent insights and events. It also seeks to balance treatment of domestic events with explanations of foreign policy and to show the interaction between these two aspects of modern Russian history. Equally important, the book strives to redress most texts' neglect of the non-Russian peoples living in the Russian and Soviet empires. Without slighting developments among the Russians or at the state's center, the narrative delineates the position of the minority groups, from Balts and Ukrainians to Central Asians, under tsarist and Soviet rule; the stirring of nationalism among them; and the grievances that finally led in 1987 through 1991 to non-Russians' rejection of Soviet and Russian tutelage. Further, the book includes as much social and cultural history as space permitted without losing sight of the central role of politics and economics. The contents include ----- INTRODUCTION Soviet Socialism: A Bold Alternative About Terminology A Vast and Varied Stage The Peoples Russia's Relationship to the West: The Historical Legacy 1: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA Autocrats and Bureaucrats: The Tsarist System The Faces of Tsarist Society An Empire at Risk: Non-Russians and the Rise of Nationalism Russia and the West: An Ambivalent Relationship Alexander II Reforms Russia New Light on the Issues: Whither Prerevolutionary Russia: The Peasant Controversy Factories and Cities: The Wave of Industrialization The Roots of Russian Opposition The Government Strikes Back Nicholas II: The Reluctant Tsar Marxism and Liberalism: The New Opposition 2: REVOLUTION AND REFORM On the Brink 1905 The October Manifesto The Duma Experiment On the Eve of World War I The Silver Age: Culture and Science Before the War New Light on the Issues: Russia in 1914: Liberalism Revisited 3: A VISION LAUNCHED: WAR AND REVOLUTION Pulled into the Fray World War I Abroad and at Home The February Revolution: Tsarism Laid Low The Question of Power Dissolution of Authority An Empire Shattered The Path to Bolshevism The Bolsheviks Ascendant New Light on the Issues: The Bolshevik Controversy Revisited 4: A VISION BESIEGED: THE BOLSHEVIKS CLING TO POWER Leadership in the Making Putting Slogans into Effect: Peace, Power, and Plenty Civil Strife and Foreign Meddling The Bolsheviks Besieged The Borderlands: The Fight for Self-Determination Mastering a Ravaged Country New Light on the Issues: The Civil War: Three Controversies Power Versus Democracy: Conflict Divides the Party Red Dawn and New Buttons: Revolutionary Culture 5: A VISION DEFERRED: SOVIET SOCIETY UNDER NEP One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward Peaceful Coexistence and World Revolution Centralism Versus Federalism: The Forging of the Soviet Union A Vision Stymied: Party and Society in the NEP Era New Light on the Issues: The 1920s: The Transitional Decade Diversity and Control: Culture in the 1920s 6: A VISION RENEWED: STALIN'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION The Boy and the Party Stalwart Stalin's Rise to Supreme Power New Light on the Issues: The Origins of Stalinism Russia's Socialist Future: The Bolsheviks' Debate 1928-1929: The Year of the Great Turn The Scourge of Collectivization "Fulfill the Five Year Plan in Four!" 7: A VISION DISTORTED: THE TURN TO TERROR Foreign Policy Contradictions, 1927-1934 Mobilizing the Arts, Science, and Education Pride, Productivity, and Privilege: Society in the 1930s Darkness at Noon: Inspiration, Adulation, and Coercion The Reign of Terror New Light on the Issues: The Stalinist Holocaust: Views from Above and Below 8: DISASTER, VICTORY, AND A NEW EMPIRE Stalin's Grand Delusion Operation Barbarossa From Disaster to Triumph "All for the Front!" The Grand Alliance New Light on the Issues: The Impact of Victory in World War II Stalinism Renewed The Cold War Ignites, 1946-1950 9: A VISION REFURBISHED: THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA The Rise of Khrushchev and De-Stalinization Dampening the Cold War The Cultural "Thaw" Sparking the Economy: Khrushchev Under Fire New Light on the Issues: Khrushchev Revisited From Showdowns to Detente Plenty and Paradox: Life in the Khrushchev Years Economic Desperation Khrushchev's Downfall 10: A VISION FADING: STAGNATION AND TRANSFORMATION UNDER BREZHNEV The Political Process: "Trust in Cadres" Detente and Its Downfall An Economy Falters The Changing Soviet Citizen New Light on the Issues: The Brezhnev Years: Breakdown or Breakout? Non-Russians: The Struggle for Identity Religion: Conformity, Revival, Opposition The Dissident Movement "Village Writers" and Valor: Literature and Popular Culture in the Brezhnev Era 11: A VISION REVIVED AND ABANDONED: THE GORBACHEV REFORM ERA Gorbachev's Rise to Power Groping for a Formula, 1985-1987 The Apogee of Reform, 1987-1989 Gorbachev Eclipsed, 1990-1991 New Light on the Issues: The Soviet Union: Flawed or Fatally Flawed? 12: IN SEARCH OF NEW VISIONS: THE POST-SOVIET STATES Disintegration of the Soviet Union Russia, the "Near-Abroad," and the World Too Much Shock, Too Little Therapy? Who's on Top? Worsening Social Problems Values, Religion, and Culture in Russia Soviet Successor States in Europe New Light on the Issues: Whither Russia in 2000? Post-Soviet States in the Caucasus and Central Asia EPILOGUE: WHAT WENT WRONG APPENDIX A: ABBREVIATION KEY APPENDIX B: RUSSIAN AND SOVIET LEADERS APPENDIX C: CHRONOLOGY This book is in a very good condition with edge wear, particularly at the corners, and with no writing or other marks in the book. Multiple purchases of books will be combined to reduce the cost of shipping. The total for shipping and handling is presented at the end of this listing. Visit my other items on eBay at this time. There may be something of interest to you! The book been described as accurately as possible and is purchased as described. Please e-mail if you have any questions about the book for sale or about any of the information relating to shipping and currency exchanges. Payment will include the final sale price plus the actual cost of shipping and a handling fee. The handling fee will be a maximum of $1.50 US. After completion of the sale the seller will notify the buyer of the total payment required. 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