02482cim a2200421 i 4500 2603575875 TxAuBib 20201027120000.0 r 250912s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781666168372 sound recording : hoopla Audio Book 1666168378 sound recording : hoopla Audio Book MWT14596449 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Zubok, Vladislav M., author. Collapse [Hoopla] : The Fall of the Soviet Union / Vladislav M. Zubok. Unabridged. [United States : Tantor Media, Inc., 2021. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 50 min.)) : digital. spw rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. Read by David De Vries. A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union-showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four-million strong, five-thousand nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the twentieth century. Thirty years on, Vladislav Zubok offers a major reinterpretation of the final years of the USSR, refuting the notion that the breakup of the Soviet order was inevitable. Instead, Zubok reveals how Gorbachev's misguided reforms, intended to modernize and democratize the Soviet Union, deprived the government of resources and empowered separatism. Collapse sheds new light on Russian democratic populism, the Baltic struggle for independence, the crisis of Soviet finances-and the fragility of authoritarian state power. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla Audiobook. Baltic States. History, Modern. Twentieth century. Europe. History. De Vries, David, 1958-, reader. hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14596449?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hhh711 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ttm_9781666168372_180.jpeg Cover image RV8