num_pages: 128
description: The former leader of the former Soviet Union offers an account of the attempted coup of 1991, describing what transpired during his three days of house arrest and providing an evaluation of his mistakes and oversights as leader. Reprint.
language: English
title: The August Coup: The Truth and the Lessons
titlecomplete: The August Coup: The Truth and the Lessons
genres: History
ratings_count: 65
publisher: HarperCollins