Six years that shook the world : perestroika--the impossible project / Rachel Walker.
- Title
- Six years that shook the world : perestroika--the impossible project / Rachel Walker.
- Published by
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, c1993.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- viii, 312 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Focuses on the six years of perestroika in the Soviet Union and suggests that many of the problems confronting the new states were first created during this time. The book tries to explore and explain some of these developments, covering events up to August 1992.
- Alternative title
- 6 years that shook the world.
- 6 years that shook the world
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- Russia's two revolutions -- The system before 1985 -- Social context of Soviet politics -- Ideology and political culture -- Understanding perestroika -- Uskoreniye, prelude to reform -- Political reform -- Collapse of the political system -- The fragile union -- Collapse of the economy -- Foreign policy -- August 1991 -- The unfinished revolution -- The creation of the Commonwealth.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain