Perestroika: Forty Years On. A Short Course

The West did not win the Cold War or dismantle the USSR. The Soviet Union was unintentionally destroyed not by external pressure but, on the contrary, by détente, an attempt at internal modernization, and a split in the elites.

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Journal
Russia in Global Affairs
Published
2025-01-01
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31278/1810-6439-2025-23-2-130-150
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Soviet and Russian History
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Perestroika: Forty Years On. A Short Course

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Perestroika: Forty Years On. A Short Course

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Abstract

The West did not win the Cold War or dismantle the USSR. The Soviet Union was unintentionally destroyed not by external pressure but, on the contrary, by détente, an attempt at internal modernization, and a split in the elites.

Russia in Global AffairsVol. 23(2)
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