"My goal is to show the reader that the Soviet political and economic system was unstable by its very nature. It was just a question of when and how it would collapse...." —From the Introduction to
ISBN10 : 9780815731153 , ISBN13 : 0815731159
Page Number : 332
It is not so easy to take the long view of socioeconomic history when you are participating in a revolution. For that reason, Russian economist Yegor Gaidar put aside an early version of this work to
ISBN10 : 0262304384 , ISBN13 : 9780262304382
Page Number : 568
Focusing on the Tsarist and Soviet empires of Russia, Lieven reveals the nature and meaning of all empires throughout history. He examines factors that mold the shape of the empires, including geograp
ISBN10 : 9780300097269 , ISBN13 : 0300097263
Page Number : 486
Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires is a wide-ranging comparative study of the origins of today's ethnic politics in East Central Europe, the former Russian empire and the Middle East. Centred
ISBN10 : 1134682549 , ISBN13 : 9781134682546
Page Number : 288
The book offers a vast panorama of Communism from the perspective of its collapse, and inspects the world beyond the fall in the distorting mirror of its imagined prehistory—providing in the process
ISBN10 : 9780804736442 , ISBN13 : 0804736448
Page Number : 340
In the “Thaw” following Stalin’s death, probing conversations about the nation’s violent past took place in the literary journal Novyi mir (New World). Readers’ letters reveal that discussio
ISBN10 : 0674075064 , ISBN13 : 9780674075061
Page Number : 452
From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations. Now in a revised edit
ISBN10 : 0141976969 , ISBN13 : 9780141976969
Page Number : 608
The Caucasus mountains rise at the intersection of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. A land of astonishing natural beauty and a dizzying array of ancient cultures, the Caucasus for most of the twen
ISBN10 : 9780198039549 , ISBN13 : 0198039549
Page Number : 320
Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challengin
ISBN10 : 0141983833 , ISBN13 : 9780141983837
Page Number : 464
Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this m
ISBN10 : 9781596917606 , ISBN13 : 1596917601
Page Number : 592