Russia in the 21st Century
Subtitle: The Prodigal Superpower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780521836784
Subjects: European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; 21st century; Military policy; Economic aspects; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Business/Economics; Russia; Military-industrial complex; Economics - Comparative; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Security, International; Economics - General; National security; Russia (Federation)
First sentence: The corpse of the Soviet Union was still warm when Francis Fukuyama heralded the "end of history" in 1992, using a phrase reminiscent of Karl Marx's utopian prediction that history would stop once the world had become fully communist.