Access to history: bolshevik and stalinist russia 1917-64 for aqa fifth edi

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level History students. This title: - Supports the content and assessment requirements of the 2015 A-level History specifications - Contains authoritative and engaging content - Includes thought-provoking key debates that examine the opposing views and approaches of historians - Provides exam-style questions and guidance for each relevant specification to help students understand how to apply what they have learnt This title is suitable for a variety of courses including: - AQA: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-1953 Cover 1 Book title 2 Contents 4 CHAPTER 1 Dissent and revolution 1917 6 1 The structure of government 1917 7 2 Russia at war 1917 9 3 The February Revolution 1917 17 4 The Dual Authority and continued dissent 21 5 The October Revolution 1917 29 CHAPTER 2 The Bolshevik consolidation of power 1917–24 36 1 The establishment of government and power 37 2 Peace with Germany 41 3 Civil war and foreign relations 1918–24 43 4 War Communism and New Economic Policy 1918–21 54 5 Lenin, government and the Communist Party 63 CHAPTER 3 Stalin’s rise to power 1924–9 70 1 Stalin’s record as a revolutionary before 1924 70 2 The power struggle within the Communist Party 75 3 ‘Permanent revolution’ versus ‘socialism in one country’ 81 4 Stalin’s defeat of Trotsky and the Left 83 5 Stalin’s defeat of the Right 85 CHAPTER 4 Stalin’s rule: economy and society 1929–41 90 1 Stalin’s economic aims after 1929: the great turn 90 2 Collectivisation and the war against the peasantry 92 3 Industrialisation: the first three Five-Year Plans 100 4 Key debate 109 CHAPTER 5 Stalin’s dictatorship, power and society 1929–41 113 1 The purges and the mechanisms of control 113 2 Soviet totalitarianism and its impact on culture and society 123 3 Stalin’s cult of personality 133 4 Stalin’s foreign policy 1933–41 138 CHAPTER 6 The Great Patriotic War and high Stalinism 1941–56 145 1 Stalin as a war leader 146 2 The impact of the war on the USSR 153 3 High Stalinism in the USSR 1945–53 159 4 High Stalinism: the USSR’s international position 1945–53 163 5 Stalin’s legacy in 1953 174 6 Key debate 176 CHAPTER 7 Khrushchev and de-Stalinisation 1953–64 180 1 Khrushchev’s rise to power 1953–8 181 2 De-Stalinisation and reform 185 3 Khrushchev and the Soviet economy 190 4 Khrushchev’s fall 1964 197 Study guide 209 Glossary of terms 223 A 223 B 223 C 223 D 224 E 224 F 224 G 224 H 225 I 225 J 225 K 225 L 225 M 225 N 225 O 226 P 226 R 226 S 227 T 227 U 227 V 228 W 228 Y 228 Z 228 Further reading 229 Index 231 A 231 B 231 C 231 D 231 E 231 F 231 G 231 H 231 I 231 J 231 K 231 L 232 M 232 N 232 O 232 P 232 R 232 S 232 T 233 U 233 V 233 Y 233 Z 233