Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961–1975 1469665859, 9781469665856

Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961–1975 1469665859, 9781469665856

Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese colonies—Angola, Mo

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The Soviet Union and the Horn of Africa during the Cold War: Between Ideology and Pragmatism 9781498529099, 1498529097

At the height of the Cold War, Soviet ideologues, policymakers, diplomats, and military officers perceived the countries

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The Soviet Union and the Horn of Africa during the Cold War : Between Ideology and Pragmatism 9781498529105, 9781498529099

At the height of the Cold War, Soviet ideologues, policymakers, diplomats, and military officers perceived the countries

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Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union 9780300262445

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to its demise

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The Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 113813077X, 9781138130777

Why did the Soviet Union collapse in 1991? The collapse of the Soviet Union has widely been seen as the result of the a

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Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956: between the United States and the Soviet Union 9789639241800

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Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956: Between the United States and the Soviet Union 9786155053948

Based on new archival evidence, examines Soviet Empire building in Hungary and the American response to it. Hungary was

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The Bleeding Wound: The Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Collapse of the Soviet System 9781503631069

By the mid-1980s, public opinion in the USSR had begun to turn against Soviet involvement in Afghanistan: the Soviet–Afg

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A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War From Stalin to Gorbachev 9780807899052, 9780807830987, 9780807859582, 2007011439

In this widely praised book, Vladislav Zubok argues that Western interpretations of the Cold War have erred by exaggerat

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The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union 9780804779265

This timely work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism. Un

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