Job Loss and Mutually Assured Destruction
Mutually Assured Destruction was what kept the US and former Soviet Union from nuking each other. I think we were pretty lucky we managed to survive. What are the odds that the non super powers who are now getting nuclear weapons will be as ... [... more]
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Leonid Krylov
The Soviet Union began assisting the People's Republic of China in its establishment of a modern air force in 1950, when Soviet Air Force regiments were sent to train local pilots. China's involvement in the Korean War in late October 1950 ... [... more]
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Richard Pare
The Lost Vanguard documents the work of modernist architects in the Soviet Union during the years following the 1917 revolution and civil war. In little more than a decade, some of the most radical buildings of the twentieth century were ... [... more]
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Von Hardesty
The extraordinary saga that gripped the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War—galvanized by the Sputnik launch in 1957, and culminated by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969—is chronicled in this uniquely ... [... more]
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Yuriy Tepsurkaev
The Soviet Union began assisting the People's Republic of China in its establishment of a modern air force in 1950, when Soviet Air Force regiments were sent to train local pilots. China's involvement in the Korean War in late October 1950 ... [... more]
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Sergei Krushchev
The extraordinary saga that gripped the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War—galvanized by the Sputnik launch in 1957, and culminated by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969—is chronicled in this uniquely ... [... more]
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Gene Eisman
The extraordinary saga that gripped the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War—galvanized by the Sputnik launch in 1957, and culminated by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969—is chronicled in this uniquely ... [... more]
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Dismantling Utopia: How Information Ended the Soviet Union
 Interesting but Rudimentary: Scott Shane does a good job of describing the collapse of the Soviet Union, mostly through the eyes of a few people he knew well. However, the book is rudimentary for anyone who has studied Russia, and if anyone is to choose [... more]
CDN$35.00
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Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where ...
Trotskyite falsification of history: Trotsky, objectively an enemy to socialism who allied with the Nazis against the USSR, apparently has no idea what he is talking about. Among all the lies and exaggerations are some facts too, but he interpretes them [... more]
CDN$20.79
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The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and ...
Trotskyite falsification of history: Trotsky, objectively an enemy to socialism who allied with the Nazis against the USSR, apparently has no idea what he is talking about. Among all the lies and exaggerations are some facts too, but he interpretes them [... more]
CDN$22.87
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Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War
The bitter taste of Soviet bureaucracy: The facts speak for themselves. But in this case the casual student of history might nod off during the lecture. The numerous translated documents lose their novelty appeal rather quickly. I recommend it only to [... more]
CDN$48.16
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Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941-45
Five Gold Stars: Quality can be expected from Osprey, which is why I was eager to receive this book from Amazon. It is about women combatants of the Great Patriotic War (WWll) who received the most prestigious title "Hero of the Soviet Union" ( [... more]
CDN$25.95
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