The Resource The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
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- Summary
- A prize-winning historian describes the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, dispelling the myth that the event was spurred on in part by the close relationship between George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. Drawing on recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, Plokhy presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union’s final months and argues that the key to the Soviet collapse was the inability of the two largest Soviet republics, Russia and Ukraine, to agree on the continuing existence of a unified state. By attributing the Soviet collapse to the impact of American actions, US policy makers overrated their own capacities in toppling and rebuilding foreign regimes. Not only was the key American role in the demise of the Soviet Union a myth, but this misplaced belief has guided--and haunted--American foreign policy ever since
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 489 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780465056965
- Label
- The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union
- Title
- The last empire
- Title remainder
- the final days of the Soviet Union
- Statement of responsibility
- Serhii Plokhy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A prize-winning historian describes the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, dispelling the myth that the event was spurred on in part by the close relationship between George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. Drawing on recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, Plokhy presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union’s final months and argues that the key to the Soviet collapse was the inability of the two largest Soviet republics, Russia and Ukraine, to agree on the continuing existence of a unified state. By attributing the Soviet collapse to the impact of American actions, US policy makers overrated their own capacities in toppling and rebuilding foreign regimes. Not only was the key American role in the demise of the Soviet Union a myth, but this misplaced belief has guided--and haunted--American foreign policy ever since
- Award
- Lionel Gelber Prize (Canada), 2015.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10311742
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Plokhy, Serhii
- Dewey number
- 947.085/4
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DK286
- LC item number
- .P62 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Nationalism
- Nationalism
- Cold War
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Soviet Union
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the final days of the Soviet Union
- Label
- The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 489 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780465056965
- Isbn Type
- (hc)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859186452
- Label
- The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 489 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780465056965
- Isbn Type
- (hc)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859186452
Subject
- trueCold War
- Nationalism -- Russia (Federation)
- trueNationalism -- Ukraine
- trueRussia
- trueSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- trueSoviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- trueWorld politics
- trueNationalism -- Russia
- trueNationalism
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