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The August Coup: Three Days That Shook the World
M.s. Gorbachev
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Hardcover. 8vo.clean copy
This is an analysis of the causes and consequences of the coup d'etat that began in the USSR on 18 August 1991. It examines such issues as why and how the conspiracy became possible and what was behind the attempt to destroy everything that had been done over the previous six years in an effort to change the nature of Soviet society - to make it democratic, civilized and to rid the world of the threat of nuclear war. The book tells how profound social transformations in the Soviet Union were inevitably accompanied by popular discontent over the hardships of ... Read more
This is an analysis of the causes and consequences of the coup d'etat that began in the USSR on 18 August 1991. It examines such issues as why and how the conspiracy became possible and what was behind the attempt to destroy everything that had been done over the previous six years in an effort to change the nature of Soviet society - to make it democratic, civilized and to rid the world of the threat of nuclear war. The book tells how profound social transformations in the Soviet Union were inevitably accompanied by popular discontent over the hardships of ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Number of Pages
124
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780002550444
SKU
KEX0262460
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