Contains essays and documents that combine to explain the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and its ruling party, and includes a timeline of key events, biographical profiles, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography.
Collects twenty-six essays that provide varying perspectives on issues concerning Russia, debating the country's role in international politics, if it is moving toward democracy, the influence of Western culture, and its greatest challenges.
Argues that world political actions and decisions are being configured along cultural rather than economic or religious lines and looks at the issues and areas most likely to be in the forefront in the near future.
Presents eyewitness accounts of what it was like to live in a communist country, and to participate in the events that led to its collapse. Includes a time line and list of primary sources.
Presents a history of the tense, often combative, relations between Soviet Russia and the United States from the end of World War II to the fall of communism in 1989.
Discusses the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that led to the Cold War, the actions of political leaders, the U.S.-Soviet summits on arms reduction, the revolutions in Eastern Europe against Soviet domination that led to the end of the Cold War, and the new, friendlier relationship between Russia and the United States.
Presents illustrated overviews of the physical geography, history, population, culture, society, politics, and economy of Russia and the former Soviet republics; discusses the region's future; and includes a chronology and a further reading list.
