Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000 / Stephen Kotkin.
Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000 / Stephen Kotkin.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N947.085/45
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English
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xvii, 245 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Contents
1. History's cruel tricks -- 2. Reviving the dream -- 3. The drama of reform -- 4. Waiting for the end of the world -- 5. Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt -- 6. Democracy without liberalism? -- 7. Idealism and treason.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"Kotkin takes us deep into post-Stalin Soviet society and institutions, into the everyday hopes and secret political intrigues that affected 285 million people. He conveys the multiple ironies and unintended consequences of perestroika, and the high drama of a superpower falling apart while still armed to the teeth with millions of loyal troops and...
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Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000 / Stephen Kotkin.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N947.085/45
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74Vv8zymr5x3
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ISBN
0192802453
9780192802453 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0192802453 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780195168945 (pbk.)
0195168941 (pbk.)
9780192802453
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947.085
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991014185739702626
