The last empire the final days of the Soviet Union
"Drawing on recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, Plokhy presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union's final months and argues that the key to the Soviet collapse was the inability of the two largest Soviet republics, Russia and Ukraine,...
| Main Author: | Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
[2014]
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| Summary: |
"Drawing on recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, Plokhy presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union's final months and argues that the key to the Soviet collapse was the inability of the two largest Soviet republics, Russia and Ukraine, to agree on the continuing existence of a unified state. By attributing the Soviet collapse to the impact of American actions, US policy makers overrated their own capacities in toppling and rebuilding foreign regimes. Not only was the key American role in the demise of the Soviet Union a myth, but this misplaced belief has guided -- and haunted -- American foreign policy every since."--Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: |
xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780465056965 (hardcover) 0465056962 (hardcover) |
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