- Title Pages
- Preface
- Introduction: Revolution, Modernization, Socialism—Baselines of Modern Russian History
-
Chapter 1 Marx and the Movement of History -
Chapter 2 Fate and Will in the Marxian Vision -
Chapter 3 Lenin as a Russian Revolutionary -
Chapter 4 The Bolsheviks and the Intelligentsia -
Chapter 5 Lenin's Vision -
Chapter 6 Russia and Revolution -
Chapter 7 Revolution from the Inside -
Chapter 8 The Bolshevik Gamble -
Chapter 9 Left Communism in the Revolutionary Era -
Chapter 10 Russian Revolutionary Extremism -
Chapter 11 The Militarization of Socialism in Russia -
Chapter 12 Bureaucratic Advance and Social Lag in the Revolution -
Chapter 13 Socialist Alternatives in the Crisis of 1921 -
Chapter 14 The Left Opposition and the Evolution of the Communist Regime -
Chapter 15 Trotsky on Democracy and Bureaucracy -
Chapter 16 The Left Opposition as an Alternative to Stalinism -
Chapter 17 Foundations of Stalinism -
Chapter 18 Stalinism as Postrevolutionary Dictatorship -
Chapter 19 From Distributive Socialism to Production Socialism -
Chapter 20 Stalin's Cultural Counterrevolution -
Chapter 21 Stalinism and Russian Political Culture -
Chapter 22 Stalinist Ideology as False Consciousness -
Chapter 23 Was Stalin Really a Communist? -
Chapter 24 Khrushchev and the Party Apparatus -
Chapter 25 Khrushchev and the Intelligentsia -
Chapter 26 The Fall of Khrushchev and the Advent of Participatory Bureaucracy -
Chapter 27 The Central Committee as a Bureaucratic Elite -
Chapter 28 The Generational Revolution -
Chapter 29 Reform and the Intelligentsia -
Chapter 30 Gorbachev's Opportunity -
Chapter 31 Gorbachev and the Reversal of History -
Chapter 32 Soviet Federalism and the Breakup of the USSR -
Chapter 33 The Revolutionary Process and the Moderate Revolutionary Revival -
Chapter 34 The Communist Oppositions and Post-Stalinist Reform -
Chapter 35 Past and Present -
Chapter 36 The Grand Surprise and Soviet Studies - Index
The Militarization of Socialism in Russia
The Militarization of Socialism in Russia
- Chapter:
- (p.127) Chapter 11 The Militarization of Socialism in Russia
- Source:
- The Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia
- Author(s):
Robert Daniels
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
Socialism in the Soviet Union was shaped by Russia's particular historical traditions, its revolutionary experience, and the international trend toward managerial society. Explaining the actual nature of Soviet socialism by the ideology of Marxism with which it was officially associated is problematic. On the contrary, Soviet socialism was characterized by a new form of military society, rather than rule by the working class. The distinctive features of Soviet totalitarianism are similar to the standard features of a military organization. In the Soviet experience, socialism turned into an instrument of militarism which maximally geared the resources of society to the needs and priorities of the military interest. The militarization of socialism in Russia began with Vladimir Lenin and his ideal of the revolutionary party. This chapter explores the militarization of socialism in Russia by considering the influence of the civil war of 1918 and Lenin's New Economic Policy of 1921.
Keywords: socialism, Russia, totalitarianism, militarism, Vladimir Lenin, civil war, New Economic Policy, Soviet Union, Marxism
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Introduction: Revolution, Modernization, Socialism—Baselines of Modern Russian History
-
Chapter 1 Marx and the Movement of History -
Chapter 2 Fate and Will in the Marxian Vision -
Chapter 3 Lenin as a Russian Revolutionary -
Chapter 4 The Bolsheviks and the Intelligentsia -
Chapter 5 Lenin's Vision -
Chapter 6 Russia and Revolution -
Chapter 7 Revolution from the Inside -
Chapter 8 The Bolshevik Gamble -
Chapter 9 Left Communism in the Revolutionary Era -
Chapter 10 Russian Revolutionary Extremism -
Chapter 11 The Militarization of Socialism in Russia -
Chapter 12 Bureaucratic Advance and Social Lag in the Revolution -
Chapter 13 Socialist Alternatives in the Crisis of 1921 -
Chapter 14 The Left Opposition and the Evolution of the Communist Regime -
Chapter 15 Trotsky on Democracy and Bureaucracy -
Chapter 16 The Left Opposition as an Alternative to Stalinism -
Chapter 17 Foundations of Stalinism -
Chapter 18 Stalinism as Postrevolutionary Dictatorship -
Chapter 19 From Distributive Socialism to Production Socialism -
Chapter 20 Stalin's Cultural Counterrevolution -
Chapter 21 Stalinism and Russian Political Culture -
Chapter 22 Stalinist Ideology as False Consciousness -
Chapter 23 Was Stalin Really a Communist? -
Chapter 24 Khrushchev and the Party Apparatus -
Chapter 25 Khrushchev and the Intelligentsia -
Chapter 26 The Fall of Khrushchev and the Advent of Participatory Bureaucracy -
Chapter 27 The Central Committee as a Bureaucratic Elite -
Chapter 28 The Generational Revolution -
Chapter 29 Reform and the Intelligentsia -
Chapter 30 Gorbachev's Opportunity -
Chapter 31 Gorbachev and the Reversal of History -
Chapter 32 Soviet Federalism and the Breakup of the USSR -
Chapter 33 The Revolutionary Process and the Moderate Revolutionary Revival -
Chapter 34 The Communist Oppositions and Post-Stalinist Reform -
Chapter 35 Past and Present -
Chapter 36 The Grand Surprise and Soviet Studies - Index
