Lovell Stephen. The Shadow of War: Russia and the USSR - 1941 to the present

Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. — 390 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4051-6958-5.Taking the achievements, ambiguities, and legacies of World War II as a point of departure, The Shadow of War: The Soviet Union and Russia, 1941 to the Present offers a fresh new approach to modern Soviet and Russian history. Presents one of the only histories of the Soviet Union and Russia that begins with World War II and goes beyond the Soviet collapse through to the early twenty-first centuryInnovative thematic arrangement and approach allows for insights that are missed in chronological historiesDraws on a wide range of sources and the very latest research on post-Soviet history, a rapidly developing fieldSupported by further reading, bibliography, maps and illustrations.Introduction: World War II and the Remaking of the Soviet Union
Reform, Reaction, Revolution.
From Plan to Market
Structures of Society
Public and Private
Center and Periphery
National Questions
Geopolitical Imperatives
From Isoliationism to Globalization
Conclusion: The Second Russian Revolution?