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The Khrushchev Era

De-Stalinization and the Limits of Reform in the USSR 1953-64

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Donald Filtzer
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Part of the book series: Studies in European History (SEURH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Preface

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 1-5

  3. Introduction: The Problem of Reform in the Post-Stalin Era

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 6-11

  4. The Background to De-Stalinisation: The Events of 1953

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 12-16

  5. De-Stalinisation

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 17-29

  6. Political and Social Reforms

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 30-37

  7. Agriculture

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 38-57

  8. Industry

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 58-76

  9. The Reorganisation of the Communist Party

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 77-81

  10. Conclusion

    • Donald Filtzer
    Pages 82-84

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 85-92
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About this book

The Khrushchev Era examines the major political, social, and economic reforms of Nikita Khrushchev, from the 'Secret Speech' and Khrushchev's limited, but at the time earth-shattering critique of Stalin, to his ill-fated reorganizations of the Communist Party, agriculture, and industry. Besides giving a factual account of the reforms themselves, Filtzer analyses the complex factors behind their failure, focussing not so much on the inadequacies of Khrushchev as a leader, as on the structural obstacles to reform within the Stalinist system itself. As such the Khruschev period is shown to contain instructive historical lessons for our understanding of Mikhail Gorbachev and his own failed perestroika.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Khrushchev Era

  • Book Subtitle: De-Stalinization and the Limits of Reform in the USSR 1953-64

  • Authors: Donald Filtzer

  • Series Title: Studies in European History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13076-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1993

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 104

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History

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