A collection of historical exposes, political essays, and uncensored records of closed meetings

Stephen F. Cohen, the renowned Sovietologist, has expanded his classic volume of essays which offer new interpretations of Soviet history and current political realities to include the Gorbachev years. Focusing on the many significant changes that have occurred recently in the Soviet Union, Cohen challenges both traditional and revisionist views of the USSR and confronts the issue of how the United States has chosen to deal with the Soviet Union, offering cogent alternatives for American/Soviet relations.

Examines important developments inside the Soviet Union or in American/Soviet relations and provides the historical context, and analysis and interpretation of Soviet affairs

Reveals the struggle to change the Soviet Union through Gorbachev's program of perestroika

Reveals what really happened in Russia following the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the complicity of U.S. policy in a great human tragedy. Reprint. (view table of contents)