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Free Download The Soviet War in Afghanistan 1979-1989 (Asia@War Book 50)
by Ilya Milyukov
English | March 31, 2024 | ISBN: 1804516228 | 188 pages | EPUB | 82 Mb

Free Download Gertraud Seidenstecher, Karin Schmid, "The Soviet Union 1984/85: Events, Problems, Perspectives"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367296071, 0367311534 | EPUB | pages: 349 | 2.9 mb
In 1984 and 1985, the swift succession in the USSR’s leadership affected all levels of Soviet society. This eighth volume in a series of biennial reports on the Soviet Union analyzes domestic affairs, economics, and foreign policy in light of that succession. Power struggles within the highest echelons of the Soviet communist party are examined. Contributors evaluate prospects for the attempted economic modernization in a system that leaves little room for radical reform. Moscow’s swings between extremes of self-isolation and readiness to talk raise questions about foreign and security policy during die transitional period. The contributors also identify perspectives, priorities, and trends for the future of Soviet politics, economics, and social developments. The Federal Institute for East European and International Studies in Cologne was established in 1961 as an academically autonomous research institution. It operates under the administrative and financial authority of Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior.

Free Download Lubomyr Hajda, Mark Beissinger, "The Nationalities Factor In Soviet Politics And Society"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0813310679, 0813376890 | EPUB | pages: 344 | 3.7 mb
The editors express their gratitude to the John M. Olin Foundation for its financial assistance and to the Harvard University Russian Research Center for the facilities and staff support that made this project possible. We wish to thank those who contributed their invaluable scholarly advice, including Vernon Aspaturian, Abram Bergson, Steven Blank, Walker Connor, Robert Conquest, Murray Feshbach, Erich Goldhagen, Richard Pipes, and Marc Raeff. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver with Soviet demographic data used throughout the volume. Susan Zayer and Karen Taylor-Brovkin provided able administrative help. For skillful technical assistance with the manuscript we are indebted to Jane Prokop, Elizabeth Taylor, and Alison Koff. Catherine Reed, Susan Gardos-Bleich, Christine Porto, and Alex Sich helped generously in diverse ways. Finally, the editors profited at every stage from the congenial working atmosphere and the encouragement of colleagues at the Russian Research Center too numerous to mention. To all of them goes our deep appreciation.

Free Download Arthur J Klinghoffer, "The Angolan War: A Study In Soviet Policy In The Third World"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367305585, 036729012X | EPUB | pages: 240 | 1.1 mb
The Angolan War of 1975-1976 focused international attention on an area -long relegated to the sidelines of world diplomacy and accented the historical momentum toward black control of southern African states. This book is the first to examine why a localized conflict in a remote area was the object of such extensive global concern. Dr. Klinghoffer discusses both the Soviet and the Cuban roles in Angola and evaluates the decisive change in Soviet foreign policy that, subsequently, caused the United States to question the very nature of Soviet-American detente. He answers the key question of whether the Soviet Union followed an overall plan for Angola or developed its policy over time, in reaction to the behavior of the United States, China, South Africa, Zaire, Portugal, and other political actors.

Free Download Maurice Friedberg, Heyward Isham, "Soviet Society Under Gorbachev: Current Trends and the Prospect for Reform"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0873324439, 0873324420 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 1.1 mb
The essays in this volume assess key aspects of Soviet society and social policy under Gorbachev. It provides a survey of Soviet family problems and demographic change, economic and labour policy, the alcohol problem, nationality policy, and trends in culture and communications.

Free Download Hiroshi Ichikawa, "Soviet Science and Engineering in the Shadow of the Cold War"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138552453, 0367585227 | PDF | pages: 325 | 4.8 mb
The 1950s were a vital time in the history of science. In accordance with the intensification of the Cold War, many scientific talents were mobilized to several military-related research and development projects not only in the United States, but also in the Soviet Union. Contrary to the expectation of General Leslie Groves, a leader of the Manhattan Project, the Soviet Union succeeded in their nuclear weapon development in a very short time. And then, by the end of the decade, mankind reached the dawn of the Atomic Age proper with the beginning of the operation of the world’s first civil nuclear power plant in Obninsk in 1954. The risky and costly developments of new weapons such as rockets, jet warplanes, and computers were achieved by the Soviet Union in a very short time after World War II in spite of the heavy economic damage caused by the battles with German troops in Soviet territory.

Free Download Dennis J. Dunn, "Religion And Modernization In The Soviet Union"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0367301032, 089158241X | EPUB | pages: 424 | 3.6 mb
To the surprise of many students of the Soviet Union, religion has shown itself to be a force still powerful in Soviet society. In contrast, the impact of religion in developed Western societies has declined. Dr. Dunn points out that the study of this antinomy can shed light on the entire concept of "modernization" in the U.S.S.R. The study of the

Free Download Eastern Front 1945: Triumph of the Soviet Air Force (Air Campaign, 42) by William E. Hiestand, Jim Laurier
English | January 16, 2024 | ISBN: 1472857828 | 96 pages | MOBI | 21 Mb
A detailed, illustrated account of the air campaign that accompanied the Red Army’s final push towards Berlin, in which massed Soviet air power defeated the Luftwaffe’s high-tech Me 262 jets and Mistel exploding drones.

Free Download Jim Seroka, "Developed Socialism in the Soviet Bloc: Political Theory and Political Reality"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367019272, 0367169142 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 1.2 mb
This book traces the evolution of Soviet and East European responses to the multifaceted pressures of a rapidly changing world and looks at the implications of ideological developments in the Soviet bloc for economic reforms, general policymaking, and political and social change. The authors discuss the concept of developed socialism and its essential components as seen in communist societies; analyze current policy and likely future policy directions in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and Yugoslavia in light of the concept; and assess the impact that ideological trends have had, and are likely to have, on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in general.

Free Download Coerced Labour, Forced Displacement, and the Soviet Gulag, 1880s-1930s (Social History of Punishment and Labour Coercion) by Zhanna Popova
English | July 8, 2024 | ISBN: 9048560357 | True PDF | 252 pages | 1.6 MB
The Gulag remains one of the key symbols of twentieth-century mass political violence. Thanks to recent archive-based investigations, we now understand the scope of the system, variations between different camp complexes, and modalities of the use of forced labour of convicts. At the same time, the work of historicizing the Gulag and systematically evaluating its position within the global history of repression is still to be done.