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The book, "The End of the Communist Revolution" by Robert V. Daniels, is a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the end of the Communist Revolution in the Soviet Union. Daniels argues that the Gorbachev reforms did not constitute a new revolution, but a moderate revolutionary revival with a return to the decentralist, anti-imperial principles that inspired the original moderate phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917. He stresses the way that reform unfolded, not just in the Breshnev era, but in the long historical background, and provides an original and integrated interpretation of Soviet history.
The End of the Communist Revolution puts perestroika firmly in its long-term historical perspective, as the final stage of a long revolutionary process, and within the context of Leninism, Stalinism and Breshnevism. Daniels puts forward a new interpretation of the striking events in the latter half of the 20th-century which led to the downfall of Gorbachev and Communism in the late Soviet Union. Embracing the whole Soviet experience since 1917, he argues that Gorbachev's reforms did not constitute a new revolution, but a moderate revolutionary revival with a return to the decentralist, anti-imperial principles that inspired the original moderate phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Emphasizing continuity with the past, Daniels questions conventional solutions about future political and economic alternatives in the region. By stressing the way that reform unfolded, not just in the Breshnev era, but in the long historical background, Daniels provides an original and integrated interpretation of Soviet history. Review: '..it is a pleasure to turn to something as lucid, san and astute as Robert V. Daniels' The End of the Communist Revolution...I unhesitatingly recommend as essential reading for anyone interested in teh dynamics of the post-Soviet revolution. - Washington Post
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