Title: The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union:
First published: 1998
Description: A one-stop source of information, analysis, biographical profiles, and key primary documents on the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union. Studies the rise and fall of a superpower and its ruling party. Following a chronology of events, five essays provide a narrative overview and discuss the evolution of Perestroika, the Brezhnev Doctrine and the Afghan War, nationalism and the end of the Soviet empire, and Russia after the collapse of Communism. Also contains biographical profiles of 15 leaders; the text of 22 documents, including writings by key figures; a glossary; and an annotated bibliography.
Subjects: Politics and government, Post-communism, Post-communism, russia (federation), Russia (federation), politics and government, Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991, Soviet union, history, attempted coup, 1991, Russia (federation), history, Soviet union, politics and government
Places: Russia (Federation), Soviet Union
Time periods: 1991-, 1985-1991
LC classification: DK288 .W38 1998