soviet union

A collection of documents, with commentary, that combine to provide a comprehensive overview of Soviet history from 1917 to 1991.

Examines the leadership strategies of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, the two men who presided over the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet politics in the years between 1985 and 1999, discussing why they acted as they did, how they built support for their programs, and how their achievements and failures might be evaluated.

Chronicles the life of Joseph Stalin, contradicting and disproving conventional beliefs about the leader's life and mysterious death, covering events and developments either unknown or distorted in previous books.

Traces the history of Russia through the twentieth century, exploring the social, political, economic, and cultural figures and events that shaped the region and its people and describing the social and economic difficulties that have plagued Russia over the years.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the social and political cataclysm that spread throughout Europe between 1914 and 1945; and describes how the world was changed by the events of two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich.