TY - GEN
T1 - The High Title of a Communist: Postwar Party Discipline and the Values of the Soviet Regime, written by Edward Cohn
AU - Titov, Alexander
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - The High Title of a Communist by Edward Cohn is a welcome new book on a rather neglected topic of the Communist party in post-WWII period. It deals with three main themes: the impact of the Great Patriotic War on Soviet society, the continuity between late Stalinism and Khrushchev’s Thaw, and the role of the Communist Party’s disciplinary practices in shaping post-War social and political norms.This is an important book which advances our understanding of the in the post-War Soviet Union through a detailed analysis of the Communist Party in that period.
AB - The High Title of a Communist by Edward Cohn is a welcome new book on a rather neglected topic of the Communist party in post-WWII period. It deals with three main themes: the impact of the Great Patriotic War on Soviet society, the continuity between late Stalinism and Khrushchev’s Thaw, and the role of the Communist Party’s disciplinary practices in shaping post-War social and political norms.This is an important book which advances our understanding of the in the post-War Soviet Union through a detailed analysis of the Communist Party in that period.
U2 - 10.1163/18763324-00001248
DO - 10.1163/18763324-00001248
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SN - 1075-1262
VL - 44
SP - 362
EP - 366
JO - The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review
JF - The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review
PB - Brill
ER -