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Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union 

by Vladislav Zubok

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to its demise In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four-million strong, five-thousand nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

576

ISBN

9780300268171