Description
From Revolution and Lenin to Stalin’s Terror, from the Great Patriotic War to Gorbachev, ‘The Shortest History of the Soviet Union’ is a vivid account of the life and death of a unique empire, written by one of the world’s foremost experts.
This is a masterpiece of history writing – essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this century as well as the last.
‘Hugely authoritative’ TLS
‘Channels the pithy, punchy spirit of the great Norman Stone’ SPECTATOR
‘Close to a miracle… immensely readable’ SLAVOJ ZIZEK