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The Revenge of the Past

Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union

By: Ronald Suny

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The Revenge of the Past

Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union

By: Ronald Suny

This timely work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism. Unified in their hostility to the Kremlin's authority, the fifteen constituent Union Republics, including the Russian Republic, declared their sovereignty and began to build state institutions of their own. The book has a dual purpose. The first is to explore the formation of nations within the Soviet Union, the policies of the Soviet Union toward non-Russian peoples, and the ultimate contradictions between those policies and the development of nations. The second, more general, purpose is to show how nations have grown in the twentieth century. The principle of nationality that buried the Soviet Union and destroyed its empire in Eastern Europe continues to shape and reshape the configuration of states and political movements among the new independent countries of the vast East European-Eurasian region.

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Stanford University Press

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0804779260

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9780804779265

Red Flag Wounded

By: Ronald Suny

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Red Flag Wounded

By: Ronald Suny

Tracking the degeneration of the Russian Revolution Red Flag Wounded brings together essays covering the controversies and debates over the fraught history of the Soviet Union from the revolution to its disintegration. Those monumental years were marked not only by violence, mass killing, and the brutal overturning of a peasant society but also by the modernisation and industrialisation of the largest country in the world, the victory over fascism, and the slow recovery of society after the nightmare of Stalinism. Ronald Grigor Suny is one of the most prominent experts on the revolution, the fate of the non-Russian peoples of the Soviet empire, and the twists and turns of Western historiography of the Soviet experience. As a biographer of Stalin and a long-time commentator on Russian and Soviet affairs, he brings novel insights to a history that has been misunderstood and deliberately distorted in the public sphere. For a fresh look at a story that affects our world today, this is the place to begin.

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Verso Books

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1788730747

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9781788730747

Looking Toward Ararat

Armenia in Modern History

By: Ronald Grigor Suny

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Looking Toward Ararat

Armenia in Modern History

By: Ronald Grigor Suny

As a new independent Republic of Armenia is established among the ruins of the Soviet Union, Armenians are rethinking their history—the processes by which they arrived at statehood in a small part of their historic homeland, and the definitions they might give to boundaries of their nation. Both a victim and a beneficiary of rival empires, Armenia experienced a complex evolution as a divided or an erased polity with a widespread diaspora. Ronald Grigor Suny traces the cultural and social transformations and interventions that created a new sense of Armenian nationality in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Perceptions of antiquity and uniqueness combined in the popular imagination with the experiences of dispersion, genocide, and regeneration to forge an Armenian nation in Transcaucasia. Suny shows that while the limits of Armenia at times excluded the diaspora, now, at a time of state renewal, the boundaries have been expanded to include Armenians who live beyond the borders of the republic.

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Indiana University Press

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0253207738

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9780253207739

The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition

By: Ronald Grigor Suny

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The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition

By: Ronald Grigor Suny

. . . the best study in English to date for an understanding of Georgian nationalism." —Religious Studies Review ". . . the standard account of Georgian history in English." —American Historical Review ". . . tour de force research . . . fascinating reading." —American Political Science Review Like the other republics floating free after the demise of the Soviet empire, the independent republic of Georgia is reinventing its past, recovering what had been forgotten or distorted during the long years of Russian and Soviet rule. Whether Georgia can successfully be transformed from a society rent by conflict into a pluralistic democratic nation will depend on Georgians rethinking their history. This is the first comprehensive treatment of Georgian history, from the ethnogenesis of the Georgians in the first millennium B.C., through the period of Russian and Soviet rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the emergence of an independent republic in 1991, the ethnic and civil warfare that has ensued, and perspectives for Georgia's future.

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Indiana University Press

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0253209153

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9780253209153

The Baku Commune, 1917-1918

Class and Nationality in the Russian Revolution

By: Ronald Grigor Suny

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The Baku Commune, 1917-1918

Class and Nationality in the Russian Revolution

By: Ronald Grigor Suny

Ronald Grigor Suny examines the Revolution in Baku, important provincial capital and oil center of the Russian empire. His study of Baku's national and class conflicts, Bolshevism as it developed in the city, and the failure of the Commune in 1918 amends our picture of the Revolution as the work of a highly conspiratorial party, seizing power by force and imposing its will on a reluctant population by terror. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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0691198527

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9780691198521

An American Life

By: Ronald Reagan

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An American Life

By: Ronald Reagan

No president in this century has achieved such popularity as President Reagan did in his eight years in office. For the first time he tells the story of his public life and private life, in a book which is frank, revealing, and compellingly readable. Photographs.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671691988

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9780671691981

The Heart of a Great Nation

Timeless Wisdom from Ronald Reagan

By: Ronald Reagan

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The Heart of a Great Nation

Timeless Wisdom from Ronald Reagan

By: Ronald Reagan

With a foreword from Senator Marco Rubio, a stirring collection of Ronald Reagan's most inspiring speeches, offering his timeless wisdom and guidance for our day. In his 1989 farewell address, Ronald Reagan said, "I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation--from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in principles that have guided us for two centuries." The Heart of a Great Nation brings together Reagan's most powerful speeches, as relevant to our chaotic world as they were when he first gave them. In a period of our country's history consumed by economic stagnation, national instability, and the looming threat of communism, Reagan spoke directly to the hearts of everyday Americans. His wisdom on matters of family, freedom, and nationhood helped guide the country back to its founding principles and ushered in an era of prosperity and national pride. Today, as we find our country treading similar ground, Reagan's wisdom speaks to us once again, offering guidance to everyone looking to navigate the present and remember the legacy of this great nation--which can one day be reclaimed.

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Penguin

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0593329767

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9780593329764

The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald Reagan

A Portrait in His Own Words

By: Ronald Reagan

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The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald Reagan

A Portrait in His Own Words

By: Ronald Reagan

As one of the greatest presidents of the twentieth century, Ronald Wilson Reagan succeeded in renewing pride in America, strengthening the principles of family, faith, and freedom on which this nation was founded, and restoring our hope for the future. President Reagan endeared himself even to his political opponents with his self-effacing wit and irrepressible optimism. Inspiring, thoughtful, and at times downright funny, he had an amazing gift for stirring emotion, sparking debate, and calling a nation to action. This collection of his public and private words provides a close-up portrait of our fortieth president. From hilarious one-liners to self-deprecating tales to intimate family moments, the selections depict Ronald Reagan in all his many roles -- as world leader, conservative icon, orator, actor, and father.

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0760765405

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9780760765401

Reagan, In His Own Hand

The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America

By: Ronald Reagan

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Reagan, In His Own Hand

The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America

By: Ronald Reagan

During the eight years that Ronald Reagan served as president of the United States, a period of sustained economic prosperity and increased American power on the world stage, many of his advisers claimed authorship of the ideas that comprised 'the Reagan revolution.' The press, in turn, lent credence to the idea that President Reagan was merely a skilled communicator of those ideas, the consummate actor, not the director or producer. Few people realised that Reagan had left a paper trail of original writings that make clear he was the intellectual powerhouse behind his administration's landmark policies. Hidden in archives for more than twenty years, Reagan's pre-presidential writings reveal an active mind wrestling with the problems of a sluggish economy, social pathologies, welfare, reform and the Cold War struggle with the Soviet Union. Selected and annotated by three leading scholars, two of whom were among Reagan's principal domestic-policy advisers, these writings unlock the puzzle of the man so many historians have tried to comprehend, with so little success. A publishing landmark, REAGAN, IN HIS OWN HAND will redefine the way we think about American history of the past quarter-century, and about the fortieth American president.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743219384

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9780743219389

Ronald Reagan

100 Years

By: Ronald Library

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Ronald Reagan

100 Years

By: Ronald Library

Ronald Reagan: 100 Years is the official centennial publication from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Featuring archival photographs of the Reagan family along with insightful text, this book is the ultimate commemorative edition to mark the one hundredth anniversary of President Reagan’s birth. It offers an intimate, insider’s glimpse of the life and legacy of America’s most beloved leader.

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Harper Collins

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0062074482

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9780062074485

Reagan's Path to Victory

The Shaping of Ronald Reagan's Vision : Selected Writings

By: Ronald Reagan

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Reagan's Path to Victory

The Shaping of Ronald Reagan's Vision : Selected Writings

By: Ronald Reagan

This indispensable collection of Ronald Reagan's words sheds light on the evolution of his political thinking that eventually took him to the White House. Includes an audio CD containing a choice selection of original recordings, making this a veritable time capsule of President Reagan's views.

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0743227069

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9780743227063

In the Words of Ronald Reagan

The Wit, Wisdom, and Eternal Optimism of America's 40th President

By: Ronald Reagan

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In the Words of Ronald Reagan

The Wit, Wisdom, and Eternal Optimism of America's 40th President

By: Ronald Reagan

Gathers quotations by President Ronald Reagan covering such topics as age, communism, crime, acting, morality, peace, the Republican Party, the Soviet Union, and faith.

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The Revenge of the Past

The Revenge of the Past

Red Flag Wounded

Red Flag Wounded

Looking Toward Ararat

Looking Toward Ararat

The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition

The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition

The Baku Commune, 1917-1918

The Baku Commune, 1917-1918

An American Life

An American Life

The Heart of a Great Nation

The Heart of a Great Nation

The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald Reagan

The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald Reagan

Reagan, In His Own Hand

Reagan, In His Own Hand

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Reagan's Path to Victory

Reagan's Path to Victory

In the Words of Ronald Reagan

In the Words of Ronald Reagan

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