New Cold War History: A Failed Empire (Paperback)

from Eagleduck86

This contemporary Russian perspective on Cold War history includes at least a few scenes that are BEGGING for a dramatic depiction on television. ESPECIALLY: A drunken, sedative-drugged Brezhnev insisted on taking Kissinger on a bat-out-of-hell high-speed car ride in the USSR. Later, Brezhnev did...

from ohernaes

Zukor is professor of international relations at LSE. I enjoyed learning some more about the Soviet Union and Russia, although I guess much, though not all, of the material is well known for people who are knowledgeable about the subject. Zubok writes about the general secretaries of the post WWI...

from haraldgroven

The history of the Cold war, as seen from the Soviet leadership. Interesting to see the perspective from traditional accounts of the Cold war by Western historians reversed.

from Shrike58

While not quite as groundbreaking as I had hoped (it might have helped if I had read it closer to the date of publication) this is still a very good survey of how the Soviet Union's leadership saw their place in the world post-1945 and the stresses induced by retaining a commitment to Communist i...

from mensheviklibrarian

Decent survey, a bit disappointing considering the author had access to hidden archival documents. Interestingly, Brezhnev comes across very well as an architect and deeply devoted adherent of detente. This is a top down history of the Soviet side with major personalities dominating the decision ...