Inside the Soviet Alternate Universe - The Cold War's End and the Soviet Union's Fall Reappraised

About the author

Dick Combs spent many years as a Foreign Service officer, from 1966 to 1989, with three tours of duty at the U.S. embassy in Moscow during the height of the Cold War. He later served as a Congressional foreign policy adviser to Senator Sam Nunn and as research professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Summary

Reappraises the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union based on the author's 35-year career as a specialist in Soviet and post-Soviet affairs. Explores the psychological universe of Soviet rulers to clarify the nature of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms.

Product details

• Authors: Dick Combs, Combs Dick
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2012
• EAN: 9780271033563
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03356-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 603 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; European History, Linguistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Comparative Politics, Diplomacy, USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era