A review by cameroncl
Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 by Stephen Kotkin

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Very interesting and quick survey of the Soviet collapse from Brezhnev to the election of Putin in 2000. Cuts through a lot of the common conceptions about the period - and in particular about Gorbachev - while emphasizing how unusual the collapse of the USSR was. Some of the book is a little dated (especially in light of recent events!).