The author, Stephen Kotkin, charts the collapse of the Soviet Union, one of the key developments in recent history, and analyzes why it happened. He examines the internal structural, cultural and political reasons for the demise both of the Communist system and of the Union, drawing on memoirs and documents of the senior figures involved, including Ligachev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin, as well as on the burgeoning secondary literature.
Language
English
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Release
September 30, 2002
ISBN
0192802003
ISBN 13
9780192802002
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction
The author, Stephen Kotkin, charts the collapse of the Soviet Union, one of the key developments in recent history, and analyzes why it happened. He examines the internal structural, cultural and political reasons for the demise both of the Communist system and of the Union, drawing on memoirs and documents of the senior figures involved, including Ligachev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin, as well as on the burgeoning secondary literature.