Eight pieces of empire
Subtitle: a 20-year journey through the Soviet collapse
By: Lawrence Scott Sheets
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780307395825; 9780307888853
Subjects: Post-communism; Travel; Description and travel; Social change; History
Description: A detailed chronicle of the collapse of the Soviet Union is told through a series of episodes and vignettes to explore personal, political, and historical contributing factors as well as its ongoing repercussions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-318).