Title: The future that failed : origins and destinies of the Soviet model /
Authors: Árnason, Jóhann Páll, 1940-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Communism Soviet Union; Communism and society.; Communist state.; Totalitarianism
Contents: 1. Introduction: theoretical perspectives -- 2. Sources and components. State formation and state tradition. Revolutionary imagination and revolutionary strategy. Social revolution and imperial modernization -- 3. The model and its variants. The totalitarian project. Expansion, reproduction and reform. The Western periphery. The Eastern arena -- 4. Crisis and collapse. Visions of breakdown. From expansion to extinction.