TY  - BOOK
AU  - MARPLES David R
TI  - The collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991
SN  - 0582505992 (pbk) :
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Longman
KW  - SOVIET UNION
KW  - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
KW  - ECONOMICS
N2  - Rising nationalism, urgently needed economic reforms, and a power struggle between Gorbachev and Yeltsin are suggested as more plausible causes of the collapse of the USSR than the often cited arms race and Cold War
ER  -