Soviet fates and lost alternatives
Subtitle: from Stalinism to the new Cold War
By: Stephen F. Cohen.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780231148962; 9780231520423
Subjects: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, -- 1931- -- Political and social views; Concentration camp inmates -- Soviet Union; Cold War; Post-communism -- Russia (Federation); Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953; Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985; Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991; Soviet Union -- Politics and government; Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Alternatives and fates; title: Bukharin's fate; title: The victims return : gulag survivors since Stalin; title: The tragedy of Soviet conservatism; title: Was the Soviet system reformable?; title: The fate of the Soviet Union : why did it end?; title: Gorbachev's lost legacies; title: Who lost the post-Soviet peace?