The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union

Plokhy, Serhii 1957- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780465061990 (e-book)
ISBN: 0465056962 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780465056965 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The last summit. Meeting in Moscow ; The party crasher ; Chicken Kiev -- The tanks of August. The prisoner of the Crimea ; The Russian rebel ; Freedom's victory -- A countercoup. The resurgence of Russia ; Independent Ukraine ; Saving the empire -- Soviet disunion. Washington's dilemma ; The Russian ark ; The survivor -- Vox populi. Anticipation ; The Ukrainian referendum ; The Slavic trinity -- Farewell to the empire. Out of the woods ; The birth of Eurasia ; Christmas in Moscow.