A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his worldIt ...

This book takes stock of arguments about the historical legacies of communism that have become co...

No one, not even Mikhail Gorbachev, anticipated what was in store when the Soviet Union embarked ...

Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue--bringing th...

This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the...

In late 1991, the Soviet Union was officially dissolved. Over the next 12 years, the Hoover Insti...

Is there a sharp dividing line that separates Europe into 'East' and 'West'? This volume brings t...

This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of ...

The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners - no less s...

The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of north...