| Description |
1 online resource (361 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Note on the Text; List of Plates; List of Maps; Introduction; 1 History's Cruel Tricks; 2 Reviving the Dream; 3 The Drama of Reform; 4 Waiting for the End of the World; 5 Survival and Cannibalism in the Rust Belt; 6 Democracy without Liberalism?; 7 Idealism and Treason; Epilogue: The End of the Collapse The Putin Years, and Beyond; Notes; Further Reading; Index |
| Summary |
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 Communis |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communism -- Soviet Union -- History
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Communism
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199709427 |
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0199709424 |
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