Armageddon averted The Soviet collapse, 1970-2000

Combining historical and geopolitical analysis with an absorbing narrative, Kotkin draws upon extensive research, including memoirs of dozens of insiders and senior figures. He illuminates the factors that led to the demise of Communism and the USSR, putting the collapse in the context of the global...

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מחבר ראשי: Kotkin, Stephen
מחברים אחרים: Stephen Kotkin
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English
יצא לאור: Oxford Oxford University Press 2001
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סיכום:Combining historical and geopolitical analysis with an absorbing narrative, Kotkin draws upon extensive research, including memoirs of dozens of insiders and senior figures. He illuminates the factors that led to the demise of Communism and the USSR, putting the collapse in the context of the global economic changes from the 1970s to the present day, examining for example why the advent of Siberian oil had profound effects on the Soviet Union's raison d'etre. Kotkin also provides vivid portraits of key personalities
תיאור פיזי:xvii, 245 p.
ill.
20 cm
ISBN:0192802453
9780192802453