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Red Plenty
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Francis Spufford |
The Soviet Union was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that capitalism could never match. And just for a little while… |
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A failed empire
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V. M. Zubok |
Using recently declassified Politburo records, ciphered telegrams, diaries & taped conversations, Zubok explores the origins of the superpowers' confrontation under Stalin, Khrushchev's contradictory… |
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Red moon rising
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Matthew Brzezinski |
The behind-the-scenes story of the fierce battles on earth that launched the superpowers into space. Khrushchev was frustrated at America's U-2 spy plane, which flew too high to be shot down. But Rus… |
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The Nationalities factor in Soviet politics and society
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Mark R. Beissinger,Lubomyr Hajda |
1990 |
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Reconsidering stagnation in the Brezhnev era
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Artemy M. Kalinovsky,Dina Fainberg |
"This collection brings together an interdisciplinary array of scholars of late socialism in the U.S.S.R. and challenges the dominant narrative of stagnation during the Brezhnev era. It demonstrates … |
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Game Plan
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Zbigniew K. Brzezinski,Samuel P. Huntington |
Comparative analysis of Soviet and American institutions, sponsored jointly by the Russian Institute and The Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University. |
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The rise and fall of the Soviet Empire
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Raymond Pearson |
"The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire describes and explains the creation, maintenance and eventual demise of the Soviet regime across post-1945 eastern Europe. Balancing internal factors such as r… |
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