1. Reflections On The Revolution.
- Author
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Conquest, Robert
- Subjects
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COMMUNISM , *COLD War, 1945-1991 ,SOVIET Union politics & government, 1985-1991 ,ATTEMPTED coup, Soviet Union, 1991 ,RUSSIAN politics & government, 1991- - Abstract
Discusses why the Communist Party of the Soviet Union collapsed in just three days after governing that nation for nearly eighty years. Transformation of active beliefs and ideology into reflex habits; Strength of Leninism-Stalinism; Experiences of the current generation; Role of Russian President Boris Yeltsin; Reflections on the Cold War; Position of the Bush administration; Outlook.
- Published
- 1991