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Soviet fates and lost alternatives : from Stalinism to the new Cold War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Stephen F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953.
Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985.
Soviet Union > History > 1985-1991.
Soviet Union > Politics and government.
Concentration camp inmates > Soviet Union.
Cold War.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, > 1931- > Political and social views.
Post-communism > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Alternatives and fates
  • Bukharin's fate
  • The victims return : gulag survivors since Stalin
  • The tragedy of Soviet conservatism
  • Was the Soviet system reformable?
  • The fate of the Soviet Union : why did it end?
  • Gorbachev's lost legacies
  • Who lost the post-Soviet peace?