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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-     Subjects     Nationalism -- Russia (Federation)     Nationalism -- Ukraine.     Cold War.     Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.     Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.     Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-       by title:      The last empire : th...       by call number:      947.0854 P729L     Search the Web     Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-     Nationalism -- Russia (Federation)     Nationalism -- Ukraine.     Cold War.     Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.     Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.     Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991.       MARC Display

The last empire : the final days of the Soviet Union / Serhii Plokhy. by Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014] Call #: 947.0854 P729L Subjects Nationalism -- Russia (Federation)   Nationalism -- Ukraine.   Cold War.   Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.   United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.   Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.   Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991. ISBN:  9780465056965 (hc.) 0465056962 (hc.) Description:  xxii, 489 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-460) and index. Contents:  The last summit. Meeting in Moscow ; The party crasher ; Chicken Kiev -- The tanks of August. The prisoner of the Crimea ; The Russian rebel ; Freedom's victory -- A countercoup. The resurgence of Russia ; Independent Ukraine ; Saving the empire -- Soviet disunion. Washington's dilemma ; The Russian ark ; The survivor -- Vox populi. Anticipation ; The Ukrainian referendum ; The Slavic trinity -- Farewell to the empire. Out of the woods ; The birth of Eurasia ; Christmas in Moscow. Summary:  On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The end of the Cold War was linked to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the triumph of democratic values over communism. Historian Serhii Plokhy reveals that the collapse of the Soviet Union was anything but the handiwork of the United States. On the contrary, American leaders dreaded the possibility that the Soviet Union - weakened by infighting and economic turmoil - might suddenly crumble, throwing all of Eurasia into chaos. Bush was firmly committed to supporting his ally and personal friend Gorbachev, and remained wary of nationalist or radical leaders such as recently elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Fearing what might happen to the large Soviet nuclear arsenal in the event of the union's collapse, Bush stood by Gorbachev as he resisted the growing independence movements in Ukraine, Moldova, and the Caucasus. Plokhy's detailed, authoritative account shows that it was only after the movement for independence of the republics had gained undeniable momentum on the eve of the Ukrainian vote for independence that fall that Bush finally abandoned Gorbachev to his fate. Plokhy presents a new interpretation of the Soviet Union's final months and argues that the key to the Soviet collapse was the inability of the two largest Soviet republics, Russia and Ukraine, to agree on the continuing existence of a unified state. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.0854 P729L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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