The Resource The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
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- Summary
- On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the USSR was officially no more and the USA had emerged as the world's sole superpower. Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy presents a page-turning account of the preceding five months of drama, filled with failed coups d'etat and political intrigue. Honing in on this previously disregarded but crucial period and using recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, he shatters the established myths of 1991 and presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union's final months. Plokhy argues that contrary to the triumphalist Western narrative, George H. W. Bush desperately wanted to preserve the Soviet Union and keep Gorbachev in power, and that it was Ukraine and not the US that played the key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. The consequences of those five months and the myth-making that has since surrounded them are still being felt in Crimea, Russia, the US, and Europe today. With its spellbinding narrative and strikingly fresh perspective, The Last Empire is the essential account of one of the most important watershed periods in world history, and is indispensable reading for anyone seeking to make sense of international politics today
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781780745299
- Label
- The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union
- Title
- The last empire
- Title remainder
- the final days of the Soviet Union
- Statement of responsibility
- Serhii Plokhy
- Title variation
- Final days of the Soviet Union
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the USSR was officially no more and the USA had emerged as the world's sole superpower. Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy presents a page-turning account of the preceding five months of drama, filled with failed coups d'etat and political intrigue. Honing in on this previously disregarded but crucial period and using recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, he shatters the established myths of 1991 and presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union's final months. Plokhy argues that contrary to the triumphalist Western narrative, George H. W. Bush desperately wanted to preserve the Soviet Union and keep Gorbachev in power, and that it was Ukraine and not the US that played the key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union. The consequences of those five months and the myth-making that has since surrounded them are still being felt in Crimea, Russia, the US, and Europe today. With its spellbinding narrative and strikingly fresh perspective, The Last Empire is the essential account of one of the most important watershed periods in world history, and is indispensable reading for anyone seeking to make sense of international politics today
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Plokhy, Serhii
- Dewey number
- 947.0854
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cold War
- Nationalism
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000053046797
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781780745299
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879400512
- Label
- The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union, Serhii Plokhy
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000053046797
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781780745299
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879400512
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