The Oxford handbook of the history of communism

Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, historians knew relatively little about the secretive world of communist states and parties. Since then, the opening of state, party, and diplomatic archives of the former Eastern Bloc has released a flood of new documentation. The 35 essays in this handbo...

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Other Authors: Smith, S. A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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Collection: Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, historians knew relatively little about the secretive world of communist states and parties. Since then, the opening of state, party, and diplomatic archives of the former Eastern Bloc has released a flood of new documentation. The 35 essays in this handbook, written by an international team of scholars, draw on this new material to offer a global history of communism in the 20th century
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780191756603