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Book SynopsisUseful to sovietologists, political scientists, and students of communism and nationalism. This title argues that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the result of an attempt by Gorbachev to concentrate political power. It also examines the complex relationship between the Communist Party, the KGB, and the military.
Trade Review“Suraska’s essay stands out as a towering example of clear thinking, based on the firm foundations of solid historical knowledge and creative theoretical interpretation.”—from the Preface by John Löwenhardt, University of Glasgow
Table of ContentsContents Foreword Prologue The First Soviet Generation Horizontal Disintegration: the Center-Periphery Conflict Vertical Disintegration: The KGB-Miltary Contest The Miracle of German Unification Conceptual Revisions Despotism and the Modern State "Suraska's essays stands out as a towering example of clear thinking based on the firm foundations of solid historical knowledge and creative theoretical interpretation." -- from the foreword by John Lowenhardt, University of Glasgow
