Stalin's Master Narrative

A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course

• Author(s): David Brandenberger, Mikhail V. Zelenov,
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Pages: 320
• ISBN_10: 0300159641
  ISBN_13: 9780300159646
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , History / Russia / General , History / Modern / 20th Century / General ,

Description:... A critical edition of the text that defined communist party ideology in Stalin’s Soviet Union

The Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) defined Stalinist ideology both at home and abroad. It was quite literally the the master narrative of the USSR—a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. This study exposes the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that he wielded over the Soviet historical imagination.