{"product_id":"stalins-master-narrative-david-brandenberger-9780300155365","title":"Stalin's Master Narrative: A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical edition of the text that defined communist party ideology in Stalin's Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An important, persuasive and definitive account.\"--William A. Clark, \u003ci\u003eEurope-Asia Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Under Joseph Stalin, \u003ci\u003eThe Short Course on the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)\u003c\/i\u003e defined ideology in the USSR. It was compulsory reading for every party member and governed all references to Soviet history, not only in print but on the theatrical stage and silver screen as well. It\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas quite literally the USSR's master narrative--a hegemonic statement on history, politics, and Marxism-Leninism that scripted Soviet society for a generation. Abroad, the book served as an ideological blueprint during the early Cold War--in Eastern Europe, the People's Republic of China, and throughout the communist world. This critical edition of the \u003ci\u003eShort Course\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by the historians David Brandenberger and Mikhail Zelenov, exposes for the first time the enormous role that Stalin played in the development of this all-important text, as well as the unparalleled influence that the dictator wielded over the Soviet historical imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Brandenberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300155360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300155365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019","brand":"David Brandenberger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447612190975,"sku":"9780300155365","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91f6d74d-84e6-4792-9341-6329b8a418eb.jpg?v=1777233854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stalins-master-narrative-david-brandenberger-9780300155365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}