Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union 

by V. M. Zubok
@VladislavZubok1

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. But soon afterward the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the twentieth century.

Interview with the Author

The Lawfare Podcast 
The Fall of the Soviet Union, with Vladislav Zubok
12/27/21          46 min

SRB Podcast 
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
5/3/22             105 min

American Purpose Bookstack 
Episode 66: Zubok on the USSR’s collapse
5/16/22            36 min

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