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A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev

A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Vladislav M. ZubokSeries:New Cold War HistoryPublish date:2009-02-01Pages:504
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807859582ISBN-10:807859583UPC:9780807859582Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Russia, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismSize:9.00 x 6.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SCDXKW33K5
In this widely praised book, Vladislav Zubok argues that Western interpretations of the Cold War have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the twentieth century. Using recently declassified Politburo records, ciphered telegrams, diaries, and taped conversations, among other sources, Zubok offers the first work in English to cover the entire Cold War from the Soviet side. A Failed Empire provides a history quite different from those written by the Western victors. In a new preface for this edition, the author adds to our understanding of today's events in Russia, including who the new players are and how their policies will affect the state of the world in the twenty-first century.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807859582ISBN-10:807859583UPC:9780807859582Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Russia, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismSize:9.00 x 6.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.5521Product ID:SCDXKW33K5
Zubok, Vladislav M.: - Vladislav M. Zubok is associate professor of history at Temple University. He is coauthor of Anti-Americanism in Russia: From Stalin to Putin and Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to Khrushchev.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

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