Triumph and collapse : Russia and the USSR, 1941-1991 (2009) (edit title/settings)

AQA Introduction
Introduction to the History series
Introduction to this book
-The USSR, 1917-41
-The strengths and weaknesses of the Soviet Union in June 1941
-Timeline

Section 1: The Great Patriotic War and its outcomes, 1941-53
1. The German Invasion
-The impact on the USSR of the German invasion and Nazi ideology from 1941
-Stalin's management of the war effort
-The nature of the wartime economy
-The actions of the communist regime to enlist mass patriotism for the war effort
-The extent of wartime opposition within the USSR and the regime's treatment of it
-The relationship between the Soviet people and Stalin's regime by 1945
2. High Stalinism
-Stalin's dictatorship, 1945-53
-The cult of personality
-Economic recovery after 1945
-The impact of Cold War politics on the USSR

Section 2: De-Stalinisation, 1953-68
3. The Emergence of Khrushchev
-The emergence of leaders after Stain
-Khrushchev's victory in the power struggle
-The 1956 Twentieth Party Congress and Khruschev's 'secret speech'
4. Khrushchev's leadership and the impact of de-Stalinisation
-Khrushchev's motives for industrial and agrarian reforms
-The impact of Khrushchev's economic reforms
-The reasons for the ousting of Khrushchev
-The impact of de-Stalinisation within the USSR
-The impact of de-Stalinisation on Soviet relations with the satellite states

Section 3: The Brezhnev Era, 1968-82
5. The leadership of Brezhnev and the era of conservatism
-The leadership of Brezhnev
-Brezhnev's political, economic and social policies: the era of conservatism
6. Attitudes towards the Brezhnev regime
The repression of dissidence
Opposition to the war in Afghanistan
The significance of dissidence within Brezhnev's USSR
7. Economic Stagnation under Brezhnev
-Economic stagnation
-The costs of the arms race
-Assessments of Brezhnev

Section 4: The end of the Soviet Union, 1982-91
8. Leadership changes, 1982-85
-The leadership of Yuri Andropov
-The leadership of Konstantin Chernenko
-The rise of Mikhail Gorbachev
-Problems facing the USSR by the 1980s
9. Gorbachev's reforms
-The motives for, and impact of, Gorbachev's reforms
-Glasnost and perestroia and their effects
-Political developments: from authoritarianism to flawed democracy
10. The break-up of the USSR
-The growing threat of nationalism
-The move towards separatism in the Republics
-The impact in the USSR of the collapse of Communism in the satellite states
-The August coup of 1991 and the overthrow of Gorbachev
-The end of the USSR

Section 5: Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index