The Resource Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000, Stephen Kotkin
Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000, Stephen Kotkin
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The item Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000, Stephen Kotkin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "In this newly updated edition of his acclaimed book, Stephen Kotkin shows that the Soviet collapse resulted not from military competition but, ironically, from Communist ideology, the long-held dream for "socialism with a human face." He conveys the high drama of a superpower falling apart while armed to the teeth with millions of loyal troops and tens of thousands of weapons of mass destruction. This succinct but sweeping volume takes us from deep inside post-Stalin Soviet society through the post-Soviet years of Boris Yeltsin right up to the new Russia under Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev. Armageddon Averted vividly demonstrates the overriding importance of history, individual ambition, geopolitics, and institutions, and deftly draws out resurgent Russia's contemporary predicament."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Extent
- xix, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780195368635
- Label
- Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000
- Title
- Armageddon averted
- Title remainder
- the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Kotkin
- Title variation
- Soviet collapse, 1970-2000
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In this newly updated edition of his acclaimed book, Stephen Kotkin shows that the Soviet collapse resulted not from military competition but, ironically, from Communist ideology, the long-held dream for "socialism with a human face." He conveys the high drama of a superpower falling apart while armed to the teeth with millions of loyal troops and tens of thousands of weapons of mass destruction. This succinct but sweeping volume takes us from deep inside post-Stalin Soviet society through the post-Soviet years of Boris Yeltsin right up to the new Russia under Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev. Armageddon Averted vividly demonstrates the overriding importance of history, individual ambition, geopolitics, and institutions, and deftly draws out resurgent Russia's contemporary predicament."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kotkin, Stephen
- Dewey number
- 947.085
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DK274
- LC item number
- .K635 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
- Communism
- Communism
- Soviet Union
- Label
- Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000, Stephen Kotkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn223877869
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Extent
- xix, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195368635
- Lccn
- 2009292420
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000, Stephen Kotkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn223877869
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Extent
- xix, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780195368635
- Lccn
- 2009292420
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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