Chronicles the collapse of the Soviet empire, from the rise of glasnost through the final lowering of the Soviet flag, to the start of the post-communist age.
xii, 588 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Originally published: New York : Random House, 1993 "With a new afterword by the author"--Cover Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-564) and index