{"product_id":"the-soviet-century-9781784780661","title":"The Soviet Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a classic history of the Soviet era, from 1917 to its fall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne hundred years after the Russian Revolution the Soviet Union remains the most extraordinary, yet tragic, attempt to create a society beyond capitalism. Yet its history was one that for a long time proved impossible to write. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Soviet Century\u003c\/i\u003e, Moshe Lewin follows this history in all its complexity, guiding us through the inner workings of a system which is still barely understood. In the process he overturns widely held beliefs about the USSR's leaders, the State-Party system and the powerful Soviet bureaucracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Departing from a simple linear history, \u003ci\u003eThe Soviet Century\u003c\/i\u003e traces all the continuities and ruptures that led from the founding revolution of October 1917 to the final collapse of the late 1980s and early 1990s, passing through the Stalinist dictatorship, the impossible reforms of the Khrushchev years and the glasnost and perestroika policies of Gorbachev.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784780661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Moshe Lewin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668702261404,"sku":"9781784780661","price":38.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_38586f0d-7a7a-40dc-9b08-6acfb4fdcfff.jpg?v=1603918234","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-soviet-century-9781784780661","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}