Armageddon Averted The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

Name: Armageddon Averted The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
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ISBN: 9780195368635

ISBN-10: 0195368630

ISBN-13: 9780195368635

Edition: 2nd 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Stephen. Kotkin

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Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue--bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse--this compact, original, and engaging book offers the definitive account of one of the great historical events of the last fifty years. Combining historical and geopolitical analysis with an absorbing narrative, Kotkin draws upon extensive research, including memoirs by dozens of insiders and senior figures, to illuminate the factors that led to the demise of Communism and the USSR. The new edition puts the collapse in the context of the global economic and…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/23/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.40" wide x 5.39" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface to the second paperback edition


Note on the text


List of plates


List of maps


Introduction



History's cruel tricks



Reviving the dream



The drama of reform



Waiting for the end of the world



Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt



Democracy without liberalism?



Idealism and treason


Epilogue


Notes


Further reading


Index