| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
pt. I. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1953-1964) : The October surprise -- Stalin's legacy -- The permanent power struggle -- pt. II. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1964-1982) : All that jazz -- Comrades -- Dissent comes out of the closet -- Economic madness -- The Soviet threat: the world's largest standing army -- The KGB: a veto on Russia's future -- Détente as a one-way street -- pt. III. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1985-1991) : Reform from the top down: Perestroika (1985-88) -- Reform from the bottom up: Democratization (1989-90) -- From reform to rebellion: nationalism -- Foreign surprises: détente as a two-way street -- Countdown to a coup (1990-91) -- The death of communism -- pt. IV. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1991-1995) : The battle for Russia's soul (1992-93) -- The waiting game (1994-95) -- What is to be done? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-444) and index. |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985.
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Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991.
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| ISBN |
0312143125 |
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