Beschreibung:
This is the first work to set one of the great bloodless revolutions of the twentieth century in its proper historical context. John Dunlop pays particular attention to Yeltsin's role in opposing the covert resurgence of Communist interests in post-coup Russia, and faces the possibility that new institutions may not survive long enough to sink roots in a traditionally undemocratic culture.
Preface
1 Gorbachev and Russia 3
2 Yeltsin and Russia 38
3 The "Democrats" 67
4 The Statists 123
5 Anatomy of a Failed Coup 186
6 From the Failed Putsch to the Founding of CIS 256
Epilogue 285
Postscript (1995) 303
Notes 327
Index 371