Robert Hornsby is associate professor in modern European history at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on the history of the post-Stalin USSR, and he is the author of Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev’s Soviet Union.
“The Soviet Sixties is a highly illuminating reflection of what we
understand about the era now.”—Catriona Kelly, Times Literary
Supplement
“Outstanding. . . . Wrapped in elegant prose, this exemplary feat
of synthesis is so compelling that even fellow experts might find
themselves eagerly turning pages at heightened moments . . . as if
to ‘find out’ how they ended.”—Christine Varga-Harris, Slavonic &
East European Review
“Hornsby takes us through the ups-and-downs of the Khrushchev era,
with its promising reforms and unexpected reversals, until a new
Kremlin leadership, directed by Leonid Brezhnev, crushed all hope
for change within the Soviet bloc. The Soviet Sixties is an
engaging, deeply informed, and balanced account of a pivotal period
in Soviet history.”—Joshua Rubenstein, author of The Last Days of
Stalin
“Exceptional, expertly written and stunningly comprehensive. In the
same page, the reader can learn about the manoeuvrings of Stalin’s
cabinet after his death, which film was most popular in a given
week, how women behind the scenes shepherded a future Nobel
laureate’s work through the censors, and where riots and dissent
threatened the status quo.”—Erica L. Fraser, author of Military
Masculinity and Postwar Recovery in the Soviet Union
“A fine compendium of diverse social and cultural currents in
Soviet-Russian history. It gives a unique understanding of
complexity. One sees that in Soviet Russia and other parts of the
USSR repression, ideocracy, and misery co-existed with humanity,
hope, defiance, and vibrant creativity.”—Vladislav Zubok, author of
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