Rethinking the Soviet Experience: Politics and History Since 1917

Stephen F. Cohen, the renowned Sovietologist, has expanded his classic volume of essays which offer new interpretations of Soviet history and current political realities to include the Gorbachev years. Focusing on the many significant changes that have occurred recently in the Soviet Union, Cohen challenges both traditional and revisionist views of the USSR and confronts the issue of how the United States has chosen to deal with the Soviet Union, offering cogent alternatives for American/Soviet relations.