The Alcoholic Empire

Vodka & Politics in Late Imperial Russia
$95.00
Hardback, Nov 2001
ISBN13: 9780195134315ISBN10: 0195134311
Examines a key ingredient of Russian culture leading up to the Revolution


The Gorbachev Factor

$39.95
Paperback, Aug 1997
ISBN13: 9780192880529ISBN10: 0192880527
"A rich study...impressive."--The New York Times Book Review


Gulag Boss

A Soviet Memoir
$29.95
Hardback, Oct 2010
ISBN13: 9780199742660ISBN10: 0199742669
The first ever memoir by an employee of the Soviet secret police who ran one of Stalin's notorious prison camps


A History of Russia

Eighth edition
$69.95
Paperback, Jul 2010
ISBN13: 9780195341973ISBN10: 019534197X
New chapters on politics, society, and culture since 1991 explore Russia's complex experience after communism and discuss its chances of becoming a more stable and prosperous country in the future.


Armageddon Averted

The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
Updated Edition
$16.95
Paperback, Nov 2008
ISBN13: 9780195368635ISBN10: 0195368630
A new edition of a landmark account of the fall of the Soviet Union, hailed as "a triumph of the art of contemporary history" (Atlantic Monthly)


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