The Last Empire - The Final Days of the Soviet Union

A prize-winning historian describes the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, dispelling the myth that the event was spurred on in part by the close relationship between George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. 20,000 first printing. (This book was previously listed in Forecast .)

About the author

Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. An award-winning author, Plokhy lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Summary

"A stirring account of an extraordinary moment."-Wall Street Journal

Product details

• Authors: Serhii Plokhy
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2015
• EAN: 9780465046713
• ISBN: 978-0-465-04671-3
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 34 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book