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A failed empire : the Soviet Union in the cold war from Stalin to Gorbachev

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  • Author: Zubok, V. M.
    Date:
    Issued
    2010
    Summary:

    Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues the author. Explaining the interests, aspirations illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and the Soviet elites, the author offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the twentieth century.

    Contents:
    • The Soviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945
    • Stalin's road to the cold war, 1945 -1948
    • Stalemate in Germany, 1945 -1953
    • Kremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953 -1957
    • The nuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953 -1963
    • The Soviet home front : first cracks, 1953 -1968
    • Brezhnev and the road to détente, 1965 -1972
    • Detente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973 -1979
    • The old guard's exit, 1980 -1987
    • Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988 -1991.
    Genre:
    History and geography, Political science
    Sujets: Cold War | Diplomatic relations | Politics | Soviet Union
    Original Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press
    Language(s): English