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Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 by Kotkin, Stephen
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- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 0195368630
- Book Title
- Armageddon Averted : the Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
- Item Length
- 5.4in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
- Item Width
- 7.4in
- Item Weight
- 11.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue-bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse-this compact, original, and engaging book offers the definitive account of one of the great historical events of the last fifty years. Combining historical and geopolitical analysis with an absorbing narrative, Kotkin draws upon extensive research, including memoirs by dozens of insiders and senior figures, to illuminate the factors that led to the demise of Communism and the USSR. The new edition puts the collapse in the context of the global economic and political changes from the 1970s to the present day. Kotkin creates a compelling profile of post Soviet Russia and he reminds us, with chilling immediacy, of what could not have been predicted-that the world's largest police state, with several million troops, a doomsday arsenal, and an appalling record of violence, would liquidate itself with barely a whimper. Throughout the book, Kotkin also paints vivid portraits of key personalities. Using recently released archive materials, for example, he offers a fascinating picture of Gorbachev, describing this virtuoso tactician and resolutely committed reformer as "flabbergasted by the fact that his socialist renewal was leading to the system's liquidation"-and more or less going along with it. At once authoritative and provocative, Armageddon Averted illuminates the collapse of the Soviet Union, revealing how "principled restraint and scheming self interest brought a deadly system to meek dissolution." Acclaim for the First Edition: "The clearest picture we have to date of the post-Soviet landscape." --The New Yorker "A triumph of the art of contemporary history. In fewer than 200 pagesKotkin elucidates the implosion of the Soviet empire-the most important and startling series of international events of the past fifty years-and clearly spells out why, thanks almost entirely to the 'principal restraint' of the Soviet leadership, that collapse didn't result in a cataclysmic war, as all experts had long forecasted." -The Atlantic Monthly "Concise and persuasive The mystery, for Kotkin, is not so much why the Soviet Union collapsed as why it did so with so little collateral damage." --The New York Review of Books
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195368630
ISBN-13
9780195368635
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66082108
Product Key Features
Book Title
Armageddon Averted : the Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
Publication Year
2008
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dk274.K635 2009
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
"A triumph of the art of contemporary history. In fewer than 200 pages, Kotkin elucidates the implosion of the Soviet empire - the most important and startling series of international events of the past fifty years - and clearly spells out why, thanks almost entirely to the 'principalrestraint' of the Soviet leadership, that collapse didn't result in a cataclysmic war, as all experts had long forecasted." --The Atlantic Monthly, "The clearest picture we have to date of the post-Soviet landscape."--The New Yorker "A triumph of the art of contemporary history. In fewer than 200 pages, Kotkin elucidates the implosion of the Soviet empire--the most important and startling series of international events of the past fifty years--and clearly spells out why, thanks almost entirely to the 'principal restraint' of the Soviet leadership, that collapse didn't result in a cataclysmic war, as all experts had long forecasted."-The Atlantic Monthly "Concise and persuasive The mystery, for Kotkin, is not so much why the Soviet Union collapsed as why it did so with so little collateral damage."--The New York Review of Books, "The clearest picture we have to date of the post-Soviet landscape."--The New Yorker "A triumph of the art of contemporary history. In fewer than 200 pages, Kotkin elucidates the implosion of the Soviet empire--the most important and startling series of international events of the past fifty years--and clearly spells out why, thanks almost entirely to the 'principal restraint' of the Soviet leadership, that collapse didn't result in a cataclysmic war, as all experts had long forecasted."--The Atlantic Monthly "Concise and persuasive The mystery, for Kotkin, is not so much why the Soviet Union collapsed as why it did so with so little collateral damage."--The New York Review of Books, "Concise and persuasive The mystery, for Kotkin, is not so much why the Soviet Union collapsed as why it did so with so little collateral damage." --The New York Review of Books, "The clearest picture we have to date of the post-Soviet landscape."--The New Yorker"A triumph of the art of contemporary history. In fewer than 200 pages, Kotkin elucidates the implosion of the Soviet empire--the most important and startling series of international events of the past fifty years--and clearly spells out why, thanks almost entirely to the 'principal restraint' of the Soviet leadership, that collapse didn't result in a cataclysmic war, as all experts had long forecasted."--The Atlantic Monthly"Concise and persuasive The mystery, for Kotkin, is not so much why the Soviet Union collapsed as why it did so with so little collateral damage."--The New York Review of Books
Table of Content
Preface to the second paperback editionNote on the textList of platesList of mapsIntroduction1. History's cruel tricks2. Reviving the dream3. The drama of reform4. Waiting for the end of the world5. Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt6. Democracy without liberalism?7. Idealism and treasonEpilogueNotesFurther readingIndex
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
947.085
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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