A failed empire
the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
[New] ed. / with a new preface by the author.
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Author
Publication
2009 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, [N.C., North Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
116,750 words, Guess
Page Count
467 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefailedempiresovi00zubo_063
- ISBN-100807859583
- ISBN-139780807859582
- OCLC Control Number841401419
- OCLC Control Number261173705
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780807859582
- Open LibraryOL25546466M
Classifications
- DDC947/.085
- LCCDK274.Z825 2009
- LCCDK274 .Z825 2009
Description
Using recently declassified Politburo records, ciphered telegrams, diaries & taped conversations, Zubok explores the origins of the superpowers' confrontation under Stalin, Khrushchev's contradictory & counter-productive attempts to ease tensions, & Brezhnev's passion for de tente.
Subjects
Series Statement
- The new Cold War history
- New Cold War history
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