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200 12$aA failed empire$b[electronic resource] $ethe Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev /$fVladislav M. Zubok
210   $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (487 p.)
225 1 $aThe new Cold War history
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8078-3098-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [417]-453) and index.
327   $g1. The$tSoviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945 --$g2.$tStalin's road to the Cold War, 1945-1948 --$g3.$tStalemate in Germany, 1945-1953 --$g4.$tKremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953-1957 --$g5. The$tnuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 --$g6. The$tSoviet home front : first cracks, 1953-1968 --$g7.$tBrezhnev and the road to de?tente, 1965-1972 --$g8.$tDe?tente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973-1979 --$g9. The$told Guard's exit, 1980-1987 --$g10.$tGorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.
330   $aWestern 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's
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607   $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1985-1991
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