A Century of State Murder? by Michael Haynes

A Century of State Murder? by Michael Haynes

Russia has one of the lowest rates of adult life expectancy in the world. Average life expectancy for a man in America is 74; in Russia, it is just 59. Birth rates and population levels have also plummeted. These excess levels of mortality affect all countries that formed the former Soviet bloc. Running into many millions, they raise comparisons with the earlier period of forced transition under Stalin. This book seeks to put the recent history of the transition into a longer term perspective by identifying, explaining and comparing the pattern of change in Russia in the last century. It offers a sharp challenge to the conventional wisdom and benign interpretations offered in the west of what has happened since 1991. Mike Haynes and Rumy Husan have produced the first and most complete and accurate account of Russian demographic crisis from the Revolution to the present.

'A vivid and chilling account of some of the most terrible events of modern history' -- Noam Chomsky
'Vividly portrays the casual brutality characteristic of central rule from Moscow' -- Peace News

Mike Haynes is Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the co-author of A Century of State Murder? (Pluto, 2003). Rumy Husan is Senior Lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. He is co-author of A Century of State Murder? (Pluto, 2003).

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ISBN 13	9780745319308
ISBN 10	0745319300
Titel	A Century of State Murder?
Autor	Michael Haynes
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Pluto Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-08-20
Seitenanzahl	288
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.