<P>Why did the Soviet Union collapse in 1991?</P><P>The collapse of the Soviet Union has widely been seen as the result of the arms race and Cold War, and the failure of the Soviet side to keep pace with new technology. This book argues that the disintegration was mainly a result of two interrelated factors: the rise of the Soviet national republics, and the manipulation of the new Russian presidency by Boris Yeltsin in what became a direct power struggle between Yeltsin and the Soviet leader, Gorbachev.</P><P>Written in a clear and accessible manner, the book provides:</P><UL><LI>an explanation of how the national question came to dominate Soviet politics by 1990-1 </LI><LI>analysis of the economic crisis that occurred in the late 1980s </LI><LI>a chapter devoted to the year 1991, from the referendum to reform the Soviet Union to the unforeseen dissolution of the country by December </LI><LI>a discussion of the personalities of and political confrontation between the two key statesman
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A second edition of this famous survey has been eagerly awaited. When the first edition appeared Brezhnev was still in power, Gorbachev did not make it to the index, and the USSR was a superpower. Today the Soviet experiment is over and the USSR no longer...
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The purpose of this book is not to point out the faults that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Rather, it is to provide historical facts that will lead to an understanding of what and what not to do in order to thrive as a country. History is not...
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<p><b>Provides a comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during World War II</b><br/>At the beginning of the twentieth century, more Jews lived in the Russian Empire than anywhere else in the world. After the Holocaust, the USSR...
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