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A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The New Cold War History)
A Failed Empire The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev - The New Cold War History Author:Vladislav M. Zubok 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 greates... more »t standoff of the twentieth century.« less