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03352cam a2200493 a 4500 001 DA36920E2AF811DE979B4407A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220930010357 008 980318s1999 caub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 98017506 020 $a 9781565109964 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 1565109961 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781565109971 (lib. : alk. paper) 020 $a 156510997X (lib. : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d PGC $d XY4 $d OCLCQ $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d JIN $d SILO 043 $a e-ru--- $a e-ru--- 050 00 $a DK274 $b .C59 1999 082 00 $a 947.085 $2 21 245 0 $a The collapse of the Soviet Union / $c Paul A. Winters, book editor. 260 $a San Diego, Calif. : $b Greenhaven Press, $c c1999. 300 $a 288 p. : $b maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Turning points 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-282) and index. 505 0 $a 1. Prelude to the collapse. The death of the "old guard" / by Seweryn Bialer -- Confrontation with the West / by Richard V. Allen -- Economic stagnation / by Leonard Silk -- The Chernobyl disaster / by Sergei Roy -- 2. Attempts at reforming the government. Unmet economic expectations under Gorbachev / by S. Frederick Starr -- The rise of Gorbachev : perestroika and glasnost / by Richard Pipes -- Cooperation with the West / by Stephen Sestanovich -- Cultural ferment / by Geoffrey Hosking -- 3. Disintegration of empire. Retreat from Afghanistan / by Anthony Arnold -- Revolutions in Eastern Europe / by Coit D. Blacker -- Growing autonomy for the republics / by Martha Brill Olcott -- Popular elections for the Russian parliament / by Martin Malia -- The fall of the Berlin Wall / by Timothy Garton Ash -- 4. Collapse of the union. The August 1991 coup / by Michael Mandelbaum -- A disillusioned military / by Gabriel Schoenfeld -- The emergence of Boris Yeltsin / by Martin Malia -- Votes for independence in the republics : Ukraine / by Robert Cullen -- 5. Strife in the former union. War in Nagorno-Karabakh : Armenia versus Azerbaijan / by Arif Yunusov -- Independence for Russian minorities : war in Chechnya / by Vera Tolz -- Instability in Georgia / by Ken Gluck -- Russia and the former republics / by Robert Cullen. 520 $a A collection of 21 brief essays, most by U.S. writers, chronicles the disintegration of the Soviet empire from the reforms of the 1980s to the dramatic events of 1991, with projections for the future of the newly independent states. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Politics and government $y 1953-1985. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Politics and government $y 1985-1991. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Politics and government $y 1991- 700 1 $a Winters, Paul A., $d 1965- 830 0 $a Turning points (Greenhaven Press) 941 $a 11 952 $l N4AX745 $d 20201013085006.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20201013081803.0 952 $l DJPD353 $d 20201013021318.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508011828.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926073728.0 952 $l 63SX755 $d 20171018010622.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415013057.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l YBPC572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA36920E2AF811DE979B4407A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search