Bibliograph

Armageddon averted, the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000, Stephen Kotkin

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Armageddon averted, the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000, Stephen Kotkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index

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platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Armageddon averted

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

223877869

Responsibility statement

Stephen Kotkin

Review

"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

Sub title

the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000

Table Of 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

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Soviet collapse, 1970-2000

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