Stalin and the Soviet Science Wars

by Ethan Pollock

Book Overview

Between 1945 and 1953, while the Soviet Union confronted postwar reconstruction and Cold War crises, its unchallenged leader Joseph Stalin carved out time to study scientific disputes and dictate academic solutions. He spearheaded a discussion of "scientific" Marxist-Leninist philosophy, edited reports on genetics and physiology, adjudicated controversies about modern physics, and wrote essays on linguistics and political economy. Historians have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138257
• ISBN13: 9780691138251
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"