Armageddon Averted
by Stephen Kotkin · 2001
Buy on AmazonA brief, vibrant history explores the most momentous event of the late 20th century: the collapse of the Soviet Union. Maps & halftones.
Recommended by
"Ahead of its time in pointing out how the seeds of oligarchy were sown."
Pete Buttigieg's 10 Favorite Books · onegrandbooks.com
"I’ve recently returned to this very readable history of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Published soon after 2000, it now seems ahead of its time in pointing out how the seeds of oligarchy were sown through the unmanageable end of Communism and the arrival of capitalism without democracy."
Favorite books · radicalreads.com