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Title:

The collapse of the Soviet Union / Paul A. Winters, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

288 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.
Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-

Other Authors:

Winters, Paul A., 1965-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-282) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

Series:

Turning points

ISBN:

9781565109964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1565109961 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781565109971 (lib. : alk. paper)
156510997X (lib. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

98017506

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