Soviet Potpourri

<p>This book has been written for those who know already a lot about what happened in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991. It is at times controversial at times humorous and I hope constantly provocative. My aim is for readers to say or at least think “Yes I can now see things more clearly.” </p><p>The principal events of Soviet history are discussed. The central thesis is that the Soviet Union was far from unique that its ideology bore nearly exclusively the marks of a religion and most of its functioning was derived from the French Revolution from Nazi Germany and from Imperial Russia. There is a lot written about the purges a prediction made in 1984 about the demise of the Soviet Union and a short play about the unsuccessful coup against Gorbachev. The book ends with a light touch—jokes about the Soviet system.</p>