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Collapse

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to its demise “A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart.”—Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times “[A] masterly analysis.”—Joshua Rubenstein, Wall Street Journal In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four million strong with five thousand nuclear-tipped missiles and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the twentieth century. Thirty years on, Vladislav Zubok offers a major reinterpretation of the final years of the USSR, refuting the notion that the breakup of the Soviet order was inevitable. Instead, Zubok reveals how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms, intended to modernize and democratize the Soviet Union, deprived the government of resources and empowered separatism. Collapse sheds new light on Russian democratic populism, the Baltic struggle for independence, the crisis of Soviet finances—and the fragility of authoritarian state power.

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union by Epic Epoch (Disclaimer: This is an original work of historical non-fiction by Epic Epoch.) How did the world's largest country collapse without a single bomb dropped? This is the gripping story of the USSR-from Lenin's revolution to Stalin's terror, Khrushchev's promises, and Gorbachev's unraveling. Learn how idealism met corruption, and how the Cold War ended without war at all. "We can't predict the future. But we can preserve the past." - Mikhail Gorbachev Step into the factories, gulags, and summits that shaped modern geopolitics-and see how the Soviet dream turned into a bureaucratic nightmare. P.S. Whether you lived through the Cold War or only heard stories-this is the book that connects the dots Why Choose Us, Epic Epoch? - Epic History. Told Simply. - Bold, vivid, cinematic storytelling - Clear, concise, and never boring - Real takeaways. Real history. (Disclaimer Once Again: This is an original book written and published by Epic Epoch. It is not a summary or affiliated with any other work.)

Collapse of the Soviet Union