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020			_a9781403916020
082			_a947.0854 _bSMI
100			_aSmith, Jeremy
245		4	_aThe Fall of Soviet Communism, 1986-1991
260			_bPalgrave Macmillan _c2005
300			_a148 pages
500			_aIn 1991, Communist rule in the Soviet Union came to an end after 84 years, and the world's largest state, one of the two global superpowers, broke up into fifteen independent countries. Few had predicted such an outcome when Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union six years before. Jeremy Smith discusses the long-term and short-term factors behind this extraordinary collapse, assessing the impact of economic crisis, nationalism, personalities and democratization in the process.
650			_aHistory
942			_cENGLISH
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