03182nam 2200661 a 450 991045835820332120200520144314.00-8078-8759-5(CKB)2560000000007901(EBL)475215(OCoLC)642661020(SSID)ssj0000662209(PQKBManifestationID)11378344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662209(PQKBWorkID)10714069(PQKB)10445544(SSID)ssj0000337564(PQKBManifestationID)12135529(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337564(PQKBWorkID)10289558(PQKB)10919579(MiAaPQ)EBC475215(Au-PeEL)EBL475215(CaPaEBR)ebr10351501(CaONFJC)MIL929880(EXLCZ)99256000000000790120070319d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA failed empire[electronic resource] the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev /Vladislav M. ZubokChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20071 online resource (487 p.)The new Cold War historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-3098-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-453) and index.1. TheSoviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945 --2.Stalin's road to the Cold War, 1945-1948 --3.Stalemate in Germany, 1945-1953 --4.Kremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953-1957 --5. Thenuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 --6. TheSoviet home front : first cracks, 1953-1968 --7.Brezhnev and the road to détente, 1965-1972 --8.Détente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973-1979 --9. Theold Guard's exit, 1980-1987 --10.Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues Vladislav Zubok. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the twentieth century.Using recently declassified Politburo records, ciphered telegrams, diaries, and taped conversations, among other sources, Zubok explores the origins of the superpowers' confrontation under Stalin, Khrushchev'sNew Cold War history.Cold WarSoviet UnionPolitics and government1953-1985Soviet UnionPolitics and government1985-1991Soviet UnionForeign relations1945-1991Electronic books.Cold War.947.08515.70bclZubok V. M(Vladislav Martinovich)140840MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458358203321A failed empire2238585UNINA