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- Book Title
- From Washington to Moscow : Us-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR
- Publication Name
- From Washington to Moscow
- Title
- From Washington to Moscow
- Subtitle
- US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0822361957
- EAN
- 9780822361954
- ISBN
- 9780822361954
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- Modern / 21st Century, International Relations / General, International Relations / Diplomacy
- Release Year
- 2016
- Release Date
- 05/08/2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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In From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs--many in Russian--as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US-Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse.
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Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822361957
ISBN-13
9780822361954
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219296085
Product Key Features
Book Title
From Washington to Moscow : Us-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 21st Century, International Relations / General, International Relations / Diplomacy
Publication Year
2016
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
E183.8.S65.S35 2016
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"The breakup of the USSR in 1991 changed the political map of the world. Misunderstanding what happened then has exacerbated many of the problems facing the United States today. Louis Sell's From Washington to Moscow takes us back to those turbulent days when Russia cast off most of its empire and gives us a corrective, insider's view of worldchanging events. This is an important book, an exciting read that is also destined to be an important source for historians of the period." , An engaging, detailed narrative of Soviet developments and U.S.-Soviet relations that draws principally on a highly impressive range of memoir and documentary sources, especially Soviet and many unavailable in English, that have appeared since 1991.... I can testify to the meticulous care with which he has constructed his narrative, and to how successfully it weaves together data from those sources and his own lived experience., A masterfully written book, From Washington to Moscow offers a comprehensive, magnificent, and primarily chronological narrative of the USSR--the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--under the leadership of its General Secretaries--Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, and Mikhail Gorbachev--up to its stupendous collapse, and the ascent of Boris Yeltsin, the First President of the Russian Federation., This memoir is a fascinating account of the final two decades of Soviet politics and a convincing analysis of the role of USSoviet relations in the disintegration of the USSR in late 1991. Louis Sell's book is a wonderful guide for readers who remember the Soviet Union and want a better understanding of why it collapsed, but it is at least as valuable for today's undergraduates and graduate students, who have no direct memory of the USSR and need to learn about it from those who witnessed it firsthand., This memoir is a fascinating account of the final two decades of Soviet politics and a convincing analysis of the role of US-Soviet relations in the disintegration of the USSR in late 1991. Louis Sell's book is a wonderful guide for readers who remember the Soviet Union and want a better understanding of why it collapsed, but it is at least as valuable for today's undergraduates and graduate students, who have no direct memory of the USSR and need to learn about it from those who witnessed it firsthand., [A] rich and readable history.... A rare and intimate look at Gorbachev and the events leading up to his presidency...., This memoir is a fascinating account of the final two decades of Soviet politics and a convincing analysis of the role of U.S.-Soviet relations in the disintegration of the USSR in late 1991. Louis Sell's book is a wonderful guide for readers who remember the Soviet Union and want a better understanding of why it collapsed, but it is at least as valuable for today's undergraduates and graduate students, who have no direct memory of the USSR and need to learn about it from those who witnessed it firsthand., "Methodologically rigorous and qualitative, Sell deploys thorough archival research aided by personal observation, which makes the book a fluid and enjoyable, but serious, read. It is also a welcome departure from contemporary political scholarship, which tends to be mostly quantitative in nature and is often devoid of the historical 'long views.'" , Books on the era abound, but Sell's account helps remind us what really happened, and in some cases fills in some important gaps. His book combines meticulous use of archival and other sources with telling personal reminiscences and nuanced observations. A particular strength is his grasp of the personalities involved., "[T]his is a story that is extremely vivid, lively in its detail and persuasive in its assessments, that engagingly recreates what is now a bygone era for many readers and so a world they have difficulty imagining through dry, academic analysis." , "Sell is obviously a talented writer who is able to simplify complicated issues without removing their important subtleties. He also breaks down Cold War arms negotiations to a point where any reader can clearly understand which games each side was playing and who really won or lost despite the final number of missiles. The fact that he was present at many of the negotiations lends a sense of clarity to his writing that is rarely seen on this issue." , The breakup of the USSR in 1991 changed the political map of the world. Misunderstanding what happened then has exacerbated many of the problems facing the United States today. Louis Sell's From Washington to Moscow takes us back to those turbulent days when Russia cast off most of its empire and gives us a corrective, insider's view of world-changing events. This is an important book, an exciting read that is also destined to be an important source for historians of the period.
Table of Content
Prologue. Two Treaties, Two Eras 1 1. First Visit to the USSR: Things Are Not as They Seem 5 2. Leonid Brezhnev: Power and Stagnation 9 3. Repression and Resistance 22 4. The Nixon Years 41 5. A Tale of Two Cities: Vladivostok and Helsinki 63 6. The Unhappy Presidency of Jimmy Carter 76 7. Two Crises and an Olympiad 96 8. Interregnum: Andropov in Power 114 9. Ronald Reagan's First Administration 128 10. Eagle vs. Bear: US and Soviet Approaches to Strategic Arms Control 145 11. Mikhail Gorbachev 165 12. Gorbachev Ascendant 184 13. New Kid on the Block: Gorbachev Emerges in US-Soviet Relations 196 14. "I Guess I Should Say Michael": The Turn in US-Soviet Relations 213 15. 1989: Year of Miracles or Time of Troubles? 242 16. Stumbling toward Collapse: Gorbachev's Final Eighteen Months 270 17. The August Coup 294 18. Red Star Falling 312 19. Why Did the USSR Collapse? 322 Postscript 339 Notes 351 Bibliography 383 Index 399
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2016-006457
Dewey Decimal
327.7304709047
Dewey Edition
23
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