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A Failed Empire : the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev / V M Zubok

By: Zubok, V. MContributor(s): Zubok, Vladislav MMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Variety Books Publishers & Distributors | :B-10 Street No 2 West Vinod Nagar Delhi 110092 Series: New Cold War historyPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007Description: 504pISBN: 9789381406700Subject(s): History | History of Europe | Russia and neighboring east European countries | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985 | Cold War | History -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 947.085 ZUB

Contents:

1. The Soviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945 -- 2. Stalin's road to the Cold War, 1945-1948 -- 3. Stalemate in Germany, 1945-1953 -- 4. Kremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953-1957 -- 5. The nuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 -- 6. The Soviet home front : first cracks, 1953-1968 -- 7. Brezhnev and the road to détente, 1965-1972 -- 8. Détente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973-1979 -- 9. The old Guard's exit, 1980-1987 -- 10. Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.

Summary: Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues the author. Explaining the interests, aspirations illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and the Soviet elites, the author offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the twentieth century.

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1. The Soviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945 --
2. Stalin's road to the Cold War, 1945-1948 --
3. Stalemate in Germany, 1945-1953 --
4. Kremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953-1957 --
5. The nuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 --
6. The Soviet home front : first cracks, 1953-1968 --
7. Brezhnev and the road to détente, 1965-1972 --
8. Détente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973-1979 --
9. The old Guard's exit, 1980-1987 --
10. Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.

Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues the author. Explaining the interests, aspirations illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and the Soviet elites, the author offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the twentieth century.

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