From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR, Paperback

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A German soldier's graphic first-hand account of his escape from Soviet captivity during the Red Army's offensive on the Eastern Front in 1944. Dra...

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This first-of-its-kind book speaks to key normative and empirical issues in American government. It will appeal to those interested in the presiden...

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A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union-showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demisePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor...

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A ground-breaking look at the entire history of the Soviet Union, presenting a new kind of analysis of the history of the USSR: examining its birth...

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