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The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Raymond Pearson
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  • Concise and assessible, combination of clear narritive and overarching interpretation
    Sets the 'last empire' within the international context of imperialism and decolonisation

Part of the book series: Studies in Contemporary History (SCH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Yalta 1945: Liberation or Occupation?

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 1-22

  3. Belgrade 1948: Cold War Empire

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 23-44

  4. Budapest 1956: thaw and Refreeze

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 45-64

  5. Prague 1968: Spring and Fall

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 65-87

  6. Gdansk 1980: Stagnation to Solidarity

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 89-107

  7. Berlin 1989: Decolonisation of the Outer Empire

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 109-133

  8. Moscow 1991: Disintegration of the Inner Empire

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 135-155

  9. The Last Empire?

    • Raymond Pearson
    Pages 157-183

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 185-194
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Symbolised by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the collapse of the Soviet Bloc astounded the western world. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire describes and explains the creation, maintenance and eventual demise of the Soviet regime across post-1945 Eastern Europe. Balancing 'internal' factors such as resilient indigenous nationalism against 'external' factors such as America's acceleration of the arms race, Raymond Pearson sets the so-called 'Soviet Empire' within the broader context of global imperialism and decolonisation.

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Professor of Modern European History at the University of Ulster.

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