| Description |
xviii, 361 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-342) and index. |
| Contents |
Reminiscence : ten years inside the empire -- Initial encounters with the other side -- Working levels of the Soviet regime -- Stagnation and disaffection -- The beginning of the end -- Reflection : a neglected psychological perspective -- Comprehending another political world -- Formation of the Soviet conception of governance -- The conception's evolution under Khrushchev and Brezhnev -- Gorbachev and the conception's terminal phase -- Relevance : psychological milieu and current foreign policy issues -- Reappraising the Cold War's end and the empire's fall I : key pieces of the puzzle -- Reappraising the Cold War's end and the empire's fall II : fitting the pieces together -- Empire and democracy in post-Soviet Russia -- An analytical blind spot and its consequences. |
| Summary |
"Reappraises the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union based on the author's 35-year career as a specialist in Soviet and post-Soviet affairs. Explores the psychological universe of Soviet rulers to clarify the nature of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms"--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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Soviet Union. |
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Politics and government. |
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Cold War.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Psychology.
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Heads of state. |
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Psychology. |
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Combs, Dick, 1935- -- Travel.
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Combs, Dick, 1935- |
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Travel. |
| ISBN |
9780271033556 cloth alkaline paper |
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027103355X cloth alkaline paper |
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