The Collapse of the Soviet Military
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. 523, illus., maps, chronology, biographical reference, notes, bibliography, index. Inscribed by the author. In this important book, a distinguished United States Army officer and scholar traces the rise and fall of the Soviet military, arguing that it had a far greater impact on Soviet politics and economic development than was perceived in the West. General Odom asserts that Gorbachev saw that dramatically shrinking the military and the military-industrial sector of the economy was essential for fully implementing perestroika and that his efforts to do this led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Condition: very good, very good.
Keywords: Cold War, Glasnost, Chernyeav, Gorbachev, Perestr Union, KGB, Yeltsin, Inscribed
ISBN: 0300074697
[Book #53011]
Price: $75.00