Communism

Vincent Barnett argues that surface differences should not cover up deep-seated similarities.

Geoffrey Roberts assesses Stalin’s changing reputation, 50 years after his death.

Steve Smith shows that those who control the present are sometimes able to control interpretations of the past.

Josip Broz, known as Tito since the 1930s, was elected President of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia on January 13th, 1953.

Michael Lynch introduces the controversial career of a gargantuan figure in Chinese and modern world history.

In 1945 Tito wrote. ‘We mean to make Yugoslavia both democratic and independent’. How was this possible, asks Basil Davidson, for a war-torn Communist country in a world of super-powers?

Paul Dukes takes a fresh look at the Cold War in the light of some recurring themes of Russian and American history since the 18th century.

Roger Spalding introduces one of the most important publications in modern world history.

How should we interpret the Bolshevik Revolution, in the light of later events? Michael Lynch explains the issues with which we have to grapple and gives tips on how to impress the examiners.

Vladimir Batyuk describes how the Gorbachev reforms, and the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union, changed Moscow’s view of the world.