A failed empire [[electronic resource] ] : the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev / / Vladislav M. Zubok

• Autore: Zubok V. M (Vladislav Martinovich)
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (487 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.085
• Soggetto topico: Cold War
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985; Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991; Soviet Union Foreign relations 1945-1991
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: 15.70
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-453) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Soviet 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. The nuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 -- ; 6. The Soviet 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. The old Guard's exit, 1980-1987 -- ; 10. Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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's
• Titolo autorizzato: A failed empire
• ISBN: 0-8078-8759-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458358203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Cold War history.