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, to agree o...
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New York :
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
[2014]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The last empire : |b the final days of the Soviet Union / |c Serhii Plokhy. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, |c [2014] | |
| 300 | |a xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The last summit. Meeting in Moscow ; The party crasher ; Chicken Kiev -- The tanks of August. The prisoner of the Crimea ; The Russian rebel ; Freedom's victory -- A countercoup. The resurgence of Russia ; Independent Ukraine ; Saving the empire -- Soviet disunion. Washington's dilemma ; The Russian ark ; The survivor -- Vox populi. Anticipation ; The Ukrainian referendum ; The Slavic trinity -- Farewell to the empire. Out of the woods ; The birth of Eurasia ; Christmas in Moscow. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a "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. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Soviet Union |x History |y 1985-1991. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |z Soviet Union. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Soviet Union |x Foreign relations |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nationalism |z Russia (Federation) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nationalism |z Ukraine. | |
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