The Destruction of the Soviet Union: A Study in Globalization

by D Lockwood, David Lockwood Dr, D. Lockwood

Is there a link between the collapse of the Soviet Union, the radical reforms in China and Vietnam, and the current crisis in East Asia? David Lockwood argues that the common factor in each is the crisis of state-controlled economies, besieged by the developing forces of globalization. This book examines the collapse of the Soviet Union not as the 'end of history', or the beginning of a 'new world order', but as an illustration of processes that are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349412899
• ISBN13: 9781349412891
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"