If the Soviet Union were the face attack from these capitalist powers it would need a stronger industrial platform with which to launch a successful war effort. Memories of help given to the counter revolutionaries during the civil war only helped to highlight the potential disputes. ... However, it is quite possible that Stalin overstated the probability of war deliberately to push through his ambitions and to strengthen his personal power within the party. ... By 1926, pre war production levels had only just been achieved after the huge damage to Russia's infrastructure inflicted by the...

• Word Count: 5589
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Greeting him coldly, she exclaims, "What's wrong with you, Comrade Gleb? ... Gleb's former comrades barely recognize him upon his return and are completely scarred by the events that took place while Gleb was at war. ...

• Word Count: 3036
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lenin came to power after a bloody Civil War between those who supported Lenin and those who opposed the Soviet regime. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... The states of Eastern Europe in the post-war period had been forced to adhere to the Moscow line. ... The Eastern bloc was already aware of Western capitalist success as they were allies during the war. ... This conflict eventually led to the Cold War. ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

Lenin came to power after a bloody Civil War between those who supported Lenin and those who opposed the Soviet regime. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... The states of Eastern Europe in the post-war period had been forced to adhere to the Moscow line. ... The Eastern bloc was already aware of Western capitalist success as they were allies during the war. ... This conflict eventually led to the Cold War. ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

Lenin came to power after a bloody Civil War between those who supported Lenin and those who opposed the Soviet regime. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... The states of Eastern Europe in the post-war period had been forced to adhere to the Moscow line. ... The Eastern bloc was already aware of Western capitalist success as they were allies during the war. ... This conflict eventually led to the Cold War. ...

• Word Count: 5545
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

The list goes on, and with two world wars, the division of Europe, a world warped with ideological conflict during the cold war and political and economical pressures of the late 60's and 70's which had previously shattered complacency about stability and progress in the democratic world, now faith in democratic reason could be fully restored. ... When one thinks of an autocratic government now, it is hard not to associate it with the human costs of despotic rule rival to those of disease, famine and war, also immediately associating the thought with such leaders such as Stalin and ...

• Word Count: 3450
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate