Charles King
“Rich and riveting, complex and compelling, powerful and poetic.”
—Peter M. Gianotti, NewsdayMore
Philip Pomper
The gripping untold story of a terrorist leader whose death would catapult his brother—Lenin—to revolution.More
Anthony Read
“We are running a race with Bolshevism and the world is on fire.”—President Woodrow Wilson, 1919More
Aleksandr Fursenko, Timothy Naftali
“Contains unsettling insights into some of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the time.”—The EconomistMore
Frances Welch
An extraordinary story of tenacity and intrigue, and the deep human urge to salvage hope from tragedy.More
Ada Petrova, Peter Watson
“Revealing and well-written. . . . A significant book.”—Houston ChronicleMore
Richard Overy
"A book of great importance; it surpasses all others in breadth and depth."--CommentaryMore
Andrew Meier
"That Black Earth is an extraordinary work is, for anyone who has known Russia, beyond question."—George KennanMore
William Taubman
Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award: "The book is a gift, as fascinating as it is important."—Robert Legvold, Foreign AffairsMore
Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine, Et Al.
"Amazing not only as literature but as biography."—Richard Bernstein, The New York TimesMore
Aleksandr Fursenko, Timothy Naftali
Based on classified Soviet archives, including the files of Nikita Khrushchev and the KGB, "One Hell of a Gamble" offers a riveting play-by-play history of the Cuban missile crisis from American and Soviet perspectives simultaneously.More
Marshall I. Goldman
A lucid analysis of Russia's titanic struggle to change from a centrally planned economy to a market economy.More
Anna Larina, Stephen F. Cohen
A sensation when published in Moscow and a bestseller in Europe, the memoirs of this remarkable woman—the widow of the charismatic Bolshevik leader Nikolai I. Bukharin—offer a new dimension to our understanding of Soviet history.More
Timothy J. Colton, Robert Legvold
The failed coup by Communist hardliners in Moscow in August 1991 marked the inevitable disintegration of the Soviet Union. No single event since the end of World War II will have more far-reaching effects.More
Marshall I. Goldman
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"Once again, Marshall Goldman has put his finger directly on the problems that hamper reform in the Soviet Union. Anyone who wants to understand Gorbachev's failings, the bureaucratic infighting and built-in reluctance to change will gain insights from this taut, readable book."—Hedrik SmithMore