The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the Ussr, and the Successor States

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Review: Boring, fails to grab attention, full of unsubstantiated generalizations

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Summary: Thoughtful Overview of the Soviet Union
Review: Suny writes in an interesting, story-telling style that is easy to read. At the same time, he tackles a complex subject with the authority you would expect from a historian of his calibre. A first rate book!

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Review: The Soviet Experiment is a snapshot of the social, cultural and polical paradigms that have helped shape this most interesting nation. From the quixotic Bolshevik Revolution to the years of terror under Joseph Stalin to the vain attempts by Borris Yeltsin to create a meaningfull democracy this book gives you all aspects of the Russian delema during the twentieth century. By looking at Russian history and seeing their struggles in industrialization one is better able to understand what an accomplishment the US has achieved during the twentieth century. Great book I would recommend it to any one