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- catalog abstract ""In the Cold War era that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, nobody envisaged that the collapse of the Soviet Union would come from within, still less that it would happen meekly, without global conflagration. In this compact book Stephen Kotkin shows that the Soviet collapse resulted not from military competition but, ironically, from the dynamism of Communist ideology, the long-held dream for 'socialism with a human face'. The neo-liberal reforms in post-Soviet Russia never took place, nor could they have, given the Soviet-era inheritance in the social, political, and economic landscape." "Kotkin takes us deep into post-Stalin Soviet society and institutions, into the everyday hopes and secret political intrigues that affected 285 million people. He conveys the multiple ironies and unintended consequences of perestroika, and the high drama of a superpower falling apart while still armed to the teeth with millions of loyal troops and tens of thousands of weapons of mass destruction."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12383249.
- catalog coverage "Soviet Union History 1953-1985.".
- catalog coverage "Soviet Union History 1985-1991.".
- catalog coverage "Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""In the Cold War era that dominated the second half of the twentieth century, nobody envisaged that the collapse of the Soviet Union would come from within, still less that it would happen meekly, without global conflagration. In this compact book Stephen Kotkin shows that the Soviet collapse resulted not from military competition but, ironically, from the dynamism of Communist ideology, the long-held dream for 'socialism with a human face'. The neo-liberal reforms in post-Soviet Russia never took place, nor could they have, given the Soviet-era inheritance in the social, political, and economic landscape." "Kotkin takes us deep into post-Stalin Soviet society and institutions, into the everyday hopes and secret political intrigues that affected 285 million people. He conveys the multiple ironies and unintended consequences of perestroika, and the high drama of a superpower falling apart while still armed to the teeth with millions of loyal troops and tens of thousands of weapons of mass destruction."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "History's cruel tricks -- Reviving the dream -- The drama of reform -- Waiting for the end of the world -- Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt -- Democracy without liberalism? -- Ideas and treason.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 245 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0192802453".
- catalog identifier "9781423785057 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union History 1953-1985.".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union History 1985-1991.".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991.".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union".
- catalog subject "947.085 21".
- catalog subject "Communism Soviet Union History.".
- catalog subject "DK274 .K635 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "History's cruel tricks -- Reviving the dream -- The drama of reform -- Waiting for the end of the world -- Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt -- Democracy without liberalism? -- Ideas and treason.".
- catalog title "Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000 / Stephen Kotkin.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".