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The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union / Serhii Plokhy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--History--1985-1991.
- Soviet Union.
- History.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Nationalism--Russia (Federation).
- Nationalism.
- Russia (Federation).
- Nationalism--Ukraine.
- Ukraine.
- Cold War.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
- Contents:
- The last summit. Meeting in Moscow ; The party crasher ; Chicken Kiev
- The tanks of August. The prisoner of the Crimea ; The Russian rebel ; Freedom's victory
- A countercoup. The resurgence of Russia ; Independent Ukraine ; Saving the empire
- Soviet disunion. Washington's dilemma ; The Russian ark ; The survivor
- Vox populi. Anticipation ; The Ukrainian referendum ; The Slavic trinity
- Farewell to the empire. Out of the woods ; The birth of Eurasia ; Christmas in Moscow.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465056965
- 0465056962
- OCLC:
- 859186452
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