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The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

by John Dunlop

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

A modern scholarly history of Russia from Perestroika to the abortive coup of August 1991 and dissolution of the Soviet Union. Dunlop, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, explores Yeltsin's role in resisting Communist resurgence and questions whether new institutions will survive the challenges of democracy in a traditionally undemocratic society.  (RUS68, $46.95)


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