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050	0	0	_aDK274 _b.C58 1996
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100	1		_aColeman, Fred.
245	1	4	_aThe decline and fall of the Soviet Empire : _bforty years that shook the world, from Stalin to Yeltsin / _cFred Coleman.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c1996.
300			_axvii, 459 p., [16] p. of plates : _bmap, ports. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 441-444) and index.
505	0		_aPt.I. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1953-1964) : The October surprise -- Stalin's legacy -- The permanent power struggle -- Pt.II. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1964-1982) : All that jazz -- Comrades -- Dissent comes out of the closet -- Economic madness -- The Soviet threat: the world's largest standing army -- The KGB: a veto on Russia's future -- D�etente as a one-way street -- Pt.III. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1985-1991) : Reform from the top down: Perestroika (1985-88) -- Reform from the bottom up: Democratization (1989-90) -- From reform to rebellion: nationalism -- Foreign surprises: d�etente as a two-way street -- Countdown to a coup (1990-91) -- The death of communism -- Pt.IV. Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1991-1995) : The battle for Russia's soul (1992-93) -- The waiting game (1994-95) -- What is to be done?.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xHistory _y1953-1985.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xHistory _y1985-1991.
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