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Anthony D'Agostino

Autor(a) de The Russian Revolution, 1917-1945

6 Works 40 Membros 3 Críticas

About the Author

Anthony D'Agostino is Professor of History, San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books, including Soviet Succession Struggles (1988) and Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-1991 (1998), as well as articles and reviews in many journals.

Obras por Anthony D'Agostino

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1937
Sexo
male

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Críticas

4907. Gorbachev's Revolution, by Anthony D'Agostino (read 6 Mar 2012) This is a learned and meticulous study of Gorbachev and how he led the U.S.S.R. to collapse and to go out of existence, something he never had any intention of doing. So he is a hero but of course Communists do not see him as such. While this is not "popular" history it is solid and very enlightening to anyone who wants to understand how the cataclysmic changes of the 1980's and early 1990's in the world came about.
 
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Schmerguls | Mar 6, 2012 |
2147 Soviet Succession Struggles: Kremlinology and the Russian Question from Lenin to Gorbachev, by Anthony D'Agostini (read 8 May 1988) I almost quit reading this book by a history professor from San Francisco U. If I had I would have made a bad mistake. It is heavy in the jargon used in discussing Soviet ideology, and assumes a far higher knowledge in the reader than I have of the 1917-1939 era in Soviet history. It is so detached and even-handed that I had the impression the author is a Marxist--and he may be. But the last two or three chapters, covering 1940 to date, were very interesting and I was able to follow same. The author's thesis is that Soviet power struggles rely heavily on what he calls "alternance"--moving from one side to the other, with the center having an advantage over the left and the right. It is a complex subject, but the book is well worth reading, and I think valuable. The whole subject is one riddled with difficulty.… (mais)
 
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Schmerguls | Jul 11, 2008 |
 
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Efelix | Dec 30, 2007 |

Estatísticas

Obras
6
Membros
40
Popularidade
#370,100
Avaliação
½ 3.4
Críticas
3
ISBN
18