A leading historian draws guides us through the inner workings of Soviet power
Moshe Lewin was a hugely respected historian of the Soviet Union. Professor of Soviet Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, his books include Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison and The Making of the Soviet System: Essays in the Social History of Interwar Russia.
Probably no other Western historian of the USSR combines Moshe
Lewin's personal experience of living with Russians from Stalin's
day-as a young wartime soldier-to the post-communist era, with so
profound a familiarity with the archives and the literature of the
Soviet era. His reflections on The Soviet Century are an important
contribution to emancipating Soviet history from the ideological
heritage of the last century and should be essential reading for
all who wish to understand it.
*Eric Hobsbawm*
Rich in its insights and original in its perspectives, Moshe
Lewin's superb new book provides a master-class in understanding
the structures and intricate workings of the Soviet system.
*Ian Kershaw*
The Soviet Century is an original and stimulating survey, packed
with insights and information, by an outstanding historian. It will
enlighten both specialists and general readers about a crucial
aspect of the modern world.
*R. W. Davies*
Moshe Lewin ... has written a book of gripping scholarship. In The
Soviet Century he shows that the world cannot turn its back on
Russia's past, and neither Russians nor anyone else should try to
do so. As Lewin writes, the Soviet system may be dead and buried
but it lives on in Russia's search for a national identity. This
search needs to be based on the truth, good or bad, about what
happened under Communism. The Soviet Century is an excellent place
to look for it.
*Mark Harrison*
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