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The coup of August 1991 brought an end not only to Gorbachev s political career but to the entire Soviet Union: communism imploded, the Berlin Wall had been dismantled, Germany reunified, and several European states regained their independence. This extraordinary reordering of the world, unimaginable to most people in the West, occurred remarkably peacefully. David Pryce-Jones has travelled extensively throughout the former empire to ask the major political personalities for their opinions and reactions as to why this happened. He asks why Gorbachev and the leadership didn t resort to armed violence in classic Soviet style, how much was accidental, how much was planned, and how much will never be known about the workings of the impenetrable structure which held together the Soviet bloc. Party leaders, decision-makers and first secretaries of the Soviet republics and satellites give their version of events.
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“If you want to read just one book about how and why the whole Soviet empire crumbled and fell, you should read this one” Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
About the Author
David Pryce-Jones is the author of many works of non-fiction, including The Closed Circle and Paris in the Third Reich. He has also written nine novels, of which Inheritance is his most recent.
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- PublisherW&N
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1857994752
- ISBN 13 9781857994759
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages464
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