Last of the Empires: A History of the Soviet Union, 1945-1991

by John Keep

Book Overview

Designed with the general reader in mind, this clearly written narrative history of the Soviet Union from the end of World War II to its collapse in 1991 provides an integrated introduction to the "Last of the Empires." Keep deals with those of the more than one hundred nationalities in the USSR that held union-republic status, especially the Baltic and Central Asian peoples, emphasizing the key problem of inter-ethnic relations and central themes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192892371
• ISBN13: 9780192892379
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"