English | December 23, 2008 | ISBN: 0195368649 | 276 pages | PDF | 5.58 Mb

Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue–bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse–this compact, original, and engaging book offers the definitive account of one of the great historical events of the last fifty years.