Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
Overview
Thirty years after the unexpected collapse of the Soviet Union, Vladislav Zubok offers a major reinterpretation of this event, refuting the notion that the breakup of the Soviet order was inevitable. Instead, Zubok reveals how Gorbachev鈥檚 misguided reforms, intended to modernize and democratize the Soviet Union, deprived the government of resources and empowered separatism.聽Collapse聽argues that the Soviet collapse was primarily a domestic affair, yet the United States also played an extraordinary and poorly-understood role.
A world-leading expert on the USSR and the Cold War,聽Vladislav Zubok聽grew up in Moscow, in 1993-2012 lived and taught history in the United States. His best-known books include聽Inside the Kremlin鈥檚 Cold War聽(with C. Pleshakov, 1996),聽A Failed Empire: the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev聽(2007), and聽Zhivago鈥檚 Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia聽(2009). He is now professor of international history at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Notably, Dr. Zubok has been a fellow with 澳门六合彩鈥檚 History and Public Policy Program three times.
About the Author
Vladislav Zubok
Professor of International History, London School of Economics
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