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...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Language: | Undetermined English |
| Published: |
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2001
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Institutions: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
|---|
| Summary: | 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 |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | xvii, 245 p. ill. 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 0192802453 9780192802453 |