Overview
Born after 1940 and finishing higher education between 1965 and 1982, a generation of Russia's best, brightest, and most privileged came of age in the Brezhnev era. Using recently declassified archival material to uncover bother personal and professional beliefs, this study explores the formative experiences of this group, who now hold key positions in all parts of the government and society. Comparison of these official documents with letters, petitions, and complaints published in the Soviet press provides new insight into the dynamic interaction between the Brezhnev regime and Soviet times. Confined by the Brezhnev regime's parameters and stability, young Soviet specialists developed an ethos that focused personally upon humanism and individualism, and professionally upon dignity and autonomy. Censored and manipulated, they came to hold a complex system of beliefs, frustrations, and expectations that stood in stark contrast to many of the ideals of the Soviet Union. Ruffley analyzes the ethos of this generation via the prism of domination-resistance studies to offer unique insight into a generation largely ignored by conventional historical inquiry.
Full Product Details
Author: David Ruffley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.482kg
ISBN: 9780275976743
ISBN 10: 0275976742
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 28 February 2003
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
[a] generally positive scholarly addition to the historiography of the postwar USSR. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -Choice �a� generally positive scholarly addition to the historiography of the postwar USSR. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -Choice ?[a] generally positive scholarly addition to the historiography of the postwar USSR. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice
?[a] generally positive scholarly addition to the historiography of the postwar USSR. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice Ya generally positive scholarly addition to the historiography of the postwar USSR. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -Choice [a] generally positive scholarly addition to the historiography of the postwar USSR. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -Choice
?[a] generally positive scholarly addition to the historiography of the postwar USSR. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice
Author Information
DAVID L. RUFFLEY is Assistant Professor of History and Deputy Director of International Program Plans and Development at the United States Air Force Academy.
