The Soviet Union [electronic resource] : Internal and External Perspectives on Soviet Society /
Shlapentokh, Vladimir.author.
Shiraev, Eric.author.
Carroll, Eero.author.
The book analyzes Soviet society as a 'hard reality', emphasizes the varying perceptions of it in the Soviet Union and the US, and insists that, while glorifications of the Soviet reality have been useful, the most accurate descriptions of this reality were critical.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-169) and indexes.
Introduction -- Thinkers from overseas: how western experts described the Soviet Union over its 74-year history -- Homegrown Russian elites and Soviet realities -- The Soviet Union in the mirror of American public opinion from the 1930s to 1990 -- Ordinary citizens' perceptions of the Soviet system from within.
The book analyzes Soviet society as a 'hard reality', emphasizes the varying perceptions of it in the Soviet Union and the US, and insists that, while glorifications of the Soviet reality have been useful, the most accurate descriptions of this reality were critical.
Europe-Politics and government.
World politics.
Russia-Politics and government.
International relations.
European Politics.
Political History.
Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.
International Relations.