Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse 1970-2000

Preface . . vii
Note on the text . . xiv
List of plates . . xv
List of maps . . xvii

Introduction . . 1
1 History's cruel tricks . . 10
2 Revivingthedream . . 31
3 The drama of reform . . 58
4 Waiting for the end of the world . . 86
5 Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt . . l13
6 Democracy without liberalism? . . 142
7 Idealism and treason . . 171
Notes . . 197
Further reading . . 233
Index . . 237