The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire / Edition 2

by Raymond Pearson

Overview

Raymond Pearson describes and explains the creation, maintenance, and eventual demise of the Soviet regime across post-1945 Eastern Europe, setting the so-called "Soviet Empire" within the broader context of global imperialism and decolonization. This revised and updated second edition features an expanded final chapter, more detailed analysis of key themes and events, and an extended bibliography. New documentation has also been incorporated to provide a fuller historical account of what may prove to be the 'Last Empire'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333948071
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/04/2002
Series:	Studies in Contemporary History , #10
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2002
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

RAYMOND PEARSON is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Ulster. He has written widely on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia and Eastern Europe.
RAYMOND PEARSON is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Ulster. He has written widely on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia and Eastern Europe.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface
Author's Preface to Second Edition
Chronology
Glossary
Maps
Yalta 1945: Liberation or Occupation?
Belgrade 1948: Cold War Empire
Budapest 1956: Thaw and Refreeze
Prague 1968: Spring and Fall
Gdansk 1980: Stagnation to Solidarity
Berlin 1989: Decolonisation of the Outer Empire
Moscow 1991: Disintegration of the Inner Empire
The Last Empire?
Bibliography
Index.

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