- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (8 May 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 029781320X
- ISBN-13: 978-0297813200
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,366,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is an account of the end of the Soviet empire. The coup of August 1991 brought an end not only to Gorbachev's political career, but to the entire Soviet Union: communism imploded, the Berlin Wall had been dismantled, Germany reunified, and several European states regained their independence. This reordering of the world, unimaginable to most people in the West, occurred remarkably peacefully. David Pryce-Jones travelled throughout the former empire to ask the major political personalities for their opinions and reactions as to why this happened. He asked why Gorbachev and the leadership didn't resort to armed violence in classic Soviet style; how much was accidental, how much planned; and how much will never be known about the workings of the impenetrable structure which held together the Soviet bloc. Party leaders, decision-makers and first secretaries of the Soviet republics and satellites each give their version of events, often speaking frankly about Gorbachev, his motivations and actions.
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“If you want to read just one book about how and why the whole Soviet empire crumbled and fell, you should read this one” Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
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David Pryce-Jones has somehow managed to interview many of the people involved in the collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite states. Furthermore, he has bound the interviews together in a way that flows. The resultant critique and the mixture of integrity, hypocrisy, defensiveness etc. the various protagonists exhibit is fascinating. It deepened my understanding of the reasons why the empire collapsed - and I found it impossible to put down too. Highly recommended.
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A Detailed and Balanced Account of the Fall
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This work provides a valuable and objective explanation of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The author provides loads of personal detail that clears up many of the mysteries of the collapse and why it did not end more violently than it did.
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