Martin McCauley (historian)

Martin McCauley (born 18 October 1934) is a British historian and former senior lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, at University College London. He is a member of the Limehouse Group of Analysts and a regular commentator in the media on Russian affairs.

Early life

Martin McCauley was born on 18 October 1934 in Omagh, Northern Ireland, and is a British citizen.

Studied at the University of Westminster (1953-6); University of London (1962-8); University of Paris (Sorbonne) (1961); University of Perugia (Italy) (summer 1962, 63); Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia (1969); Teachers' University, Beijing, China (1988).

Academic qualifications include a Diploma in Surveying (Westminster); BA, PhD (London), Diplôme d’études de civilisation française (Sorbonne); Also a chartered surveyor and a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

Career

McCauley trained as a surveyor.

He is also a former senior lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, at University College London. He is a member of the Limehouse Group of Analysts and a regular commentator in the media on Russian affairs.

Selected publications

1970s

• The Russian Revolution and the Soviet State, 1917-1921: Documents. Barnes & Noble, London, 1975. (Studies in Russia and East Europe)
• Khrushchev and the Development of Soviet Agriculture: The Debate on the Virgin Lands, 1953-64. Macmillan, London, 1976.
• Communist power in Europe, 1944-1949. 1979. (Editor) (Studies in Russian and East European History)
• Marxism-Leninism in the German Democratic Republic the Socialist Unity Party (SED). 1979. (Studies in Russia and East Europe)
• The Stalin File, London 1979 96pp.

1980s

• Editor and Translator Gerda and Hermann Weber, Lenin, Life and Works, London 1980 224pp.
• Editor Maximilien Rubel, Marx, Life and Works, London 1980 140pp
• East Germany: The Dilemmas of Division, London 1980 19pp.
• The Soviet Union Since 1917. Longman, London, 1981. (Longman History of Russia)
• East Germany: The Dilemmas of Division, London 1980 19pp.
• Power and Authority in East Germany: The Socialist Unity Party (SED), London 1981 28pp.
• Stalin and Stalinism, London 1983 136pp.
• The Origins of the Cold War, London 1983 144pp.
• The German Democratic Republic Since 1945. 1983. (Studies in Russia and East Europe)
• The Soviet Union After Brezhnev. 1983.
• Stalin and Stalinism. Longman, London, 1983. (Seminar Studies in History)
• Octobrists to Bolsheviks: Imperial Russia, 1905-17. 1984. (Documents of Modern History)
• Trade and Transport in Russia and Eastern Europe, London 1985 107pp. Edited with J E O Screen
• Leadership and Succession in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China, New York and London 1986 256pp. Editor (with S Carter) and contributor
• Khrushchev and Khrushchevism. 1987. (Studies in Russia and East Europe)
• East-West German Relations: A Turning Point?, London 1983 19pp
• The Soviet Union Under Gorbachev. 1987. (Studies in Russia and East Europe)
• The Emergence of the Modern Russian State, 1855-81. 1988. (Studies in Russia and East Europe)

1990s

• Gorbachev and Perestroika, New York and London 1990 222pp. Editor and contributor
• Nikita Khrushchev. Abacus, 1991. (Makers of the Twentieth Century Series)
• Directory of Russian MPs, People's Deputies of the Supreme Soviet of Russia-Russian Federation London 1992 liii+326pp Editor and contributor
• The Soviet Union 1917-1991 London 1993 xvii+422 pp. (Second edition of The Soviet Union since 1917, London 1981)
• Longman Biographical Directory of Decision-Makers in Russia and the Successor States London 1993 xxvi+726 pp. Editor and Contributor
• Russia's Leading Commercial Banks Seattle 1994 i+177 pp. Editor and Contributor
• Stalin and Stalinism, London 1995, 2nd edition, xiii+142pp
• The Origins of the Cold War, London 1995, 2nd edition, xi+153pp
• The Khrushchev Era: 1953-64. Longman, London, 1995. (Seminar Studies in History)
• The Origins of the Cold War 1941-49. Longman, London, 1995. (Seminar Studies in History)
• Investing in the Caspian Sea Region: Opportunity and Risk, London 1996, x+97pp Editor and Contributor
• Russia 1917-1941. Sempringham, 1997. (Sempringham Studies)
• The Longman Companion to Russia Since 1914. Longman, 1997. (Longman Companions to History) ISBN 0582276403
• Who's Who in Russia Since 1900. 1997.
• Gorbachev. 1998. (Profiles in Power)
• Russia, America and the Cold War: 1949-1991. Longman, London, 1998. (Seminar Studies in History)
• Rusia, America si Razboiul Rece, 1949-1991, Bucharest, 1999, 199pp. (Romanian edition of Russia, America and the Cold War, 1949-1991)

2000s

• Afghanistan and Central Asia: A Modern History: A Short History. Pearson Education, London, 2002.
• Stalin and Stalinism, London 2003 3rd ed. xxix+172pp
• The Origins of the Cold War 1941-1949, London 2003 3rd ed. xx+158p
• Stalin e Lo Stalinismo, Bologna, 2003, rev. ed. 199pp
• Russia, America and the Cold War, 1949-1991, London 2004, 2nd ed. xxxvii+193pp
• Afganistan ja Kesk-Aasia Nüüdisajalugu, Tallinn, 2003 (Estonian edition of Afghanistan and Central Asia)
• The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, London 2007, xxix+522pp
• Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia: Russia, the Baltic States and the CIS Since 1992. 2007
• Banditi, Gangsteri I Mafiyta (Sofia 2007) (Bulgarian edition of Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia)
• Narodziny I Upadek Zwiazku Radzieckiego, Warsaw 2010, 544pp (Polish edition of The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union)
• Stalin a Obdobi Stalinismu (Brno 2012) (Czech edition of Stalin and Stalinism)
• Origins of the Cold War 1941-1949, 4th ed. London 2015 xxvi + 216pp