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A failed empire the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev

Title
A failed empire [electronic resource] : the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev / Vladislav M. Zubok.
Author
Zubok, V. M. (Vladislav Martinovich)
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors
ebrary, Inc.
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 467 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
The new Cold War history
Uniform Title
  • Failed empire (Online)
  • New Cold War history.
Alternative Title
Failed empire (Online)
Subject
  • Cold War
  • Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985
  • Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991
  • Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1945-1991
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-453) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Contents
1. The Soviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945 -- 2. Stalin's road to the Cold War, 1945-1948 -- 3. Stalemate in Germany, 1945-1953 -- 4. Kremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953-1957 -- 5. The nuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 -- 6. The Soviet home front : first cracks, 1953-1968 -- 7. Brezhnev and the road to détente, 1965-1972 -- 8. Détente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973-1979 -- 9. The old Guard's exit, 1980-1987 -- 10. Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.
OCLC
ssj0000662209
Author
Zubok, V. M. (Vladislav Martinovich)
Title
A failed empire [electronic resource] : the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev / Vladislav M. Zubok.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
Series
The new Cold War history
New Cold War history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-453) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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ebrary, Inc.
LCCN
2007011439
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