A reassessment of Gorbachev’s role offers another perspective on the fall of communismby Peter Rutland Canadian political scientist Jacques Levesque sets out to tackle a central puzzle of the 20th century: the abrupt collapse of the Soviet Union. Unlike earlier empires, it fell without a struggle or the defeat in war that usually presages the end of an empire. The […]
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