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The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
By Plokhy, Serhii
- ISBN
- 9780465056965
- Publisher
- Basic: Perseus
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Starred Review on May 1, 2014 | Social Sciences
The recent Russian-Ukrainian crisis has its roots in the breakup of the Soviet Union. Here, Plokhy (Ukranian history, Harvard Univ.; Yalta: The Price of Peace) details the collapse of the USSR in late 1991. His contention is that the USSR, which he views as the last great European empire, dissolved under the stress of internal tensions and ethnic clashes. Rejecting the notion that the United States won a great victo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
