Armageddon Averted : The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000.
by
Kotkin, Stephen.
Title
:
Armageddon Averted : The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000.
Author
:
Kotkin, Stephen.
ISBN
:
9780195347067
Personal Author
:
Kotkin, Stephen.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (286 pages)
Contents
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Contents -- Introduction -- 1 History's cruel tricks -- 2 Reviving the dream -- 3 The drama of reform -- 4 Waiting for the end of the world -- 5 Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt -- 6 Democracy without liberalism? -- 7 Idealism and treason -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract
:
In this text, Stephen Kotkin shows that the Soviet collapse resulted not from military competition but, ironically, from the dynamism of Communist ideology, the long-held dream for "socialism with a human face".
Local Note
:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
:
Communism -- Soviet Union -- History.
Electronic books. -- local.
Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985.
Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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| IYTE Library | E-Book | 1189284-1001 | DK274 -- .K635 2001 EB | Ebrary E-Books |