Daniels, Robert Vincent

Places Perestroika in its long-term historical perspective, as the final stage in a broad theory of revolutionary process beginning with the Russian Revolution of 1917, and puts forward a new interpretation of the striking events that led to the downfall of Gorbachev and Communism in the late Soviet Union.

A collection of documents and essays that examine the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union during the Gorbachev era, addressing economic and technological changes and resurgence of nationalism and ethnic conflicts.