Yazar: Stephen Kotkin

No one, not even Mikhail Gorbachev, anticipated what was in store when the Soviet Union embarked in the 1980s on a radical course of long-overdue structural reform. The consequences of that momentous …

This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allow …

Is there a sharp dividing line that separates Europe into ‘East’ and ‘West’? This volume brings together prominent scholars from the United States, Canada, France, Poland, and Russia to examine the e …

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 impli …

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 impli …

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The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing battleground for outside powers and the Cold War”s last divided state. But, Korea”s location at the very center of Northeast Asia gi …

The common images of Korea view the peninsula as a long-standing battleground for outside powers and the Cold War”s last divided state. But, Korea”s location at the very center of Northeast Asia gi …

The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners – no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia itse …

The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners – no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia itse …

This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia’s eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have th …

This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia’s eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have th …

The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia. Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1916, the only rail route from the I …

The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia. Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1916, the only rail route from the I …

China shares borders with 20 other countries. Each of these neighbors has its own national interests, and in some cases, these include territorial and maritime jurisdictional claims in places that Ch …

China shares borders with 20 other countries. Each of these neighbors has its own national interests, and in some cases, these include territorial and maritime jurisdictional claims in places that Ch …

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The magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for Siberia wh …

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017’A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force’ Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard’The second volume of what will surely r …

Based on two international conferences at Princeton University and the Central European University, this is a handy guide to the problem of corruption in transition countries, with an important compa …

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In late 1991, the Soviet Union was officially dissolved. Over the next 12 years, the Hoover Institution microfilmed and published the newly opened records of the Soviet Communist Party and the Soviet …

In late 1991, the Soviet Union was officially dissolved. Over the next 12 years, the Hoover Institution microfilmed and published the newly opened records of the Soviet Communist Party and the Soviet …