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Decline of an Empire
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The Russian Syndrome
Today, as we confront the social and political upheaval that has led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a deeper understanding of Russia's turbulent past is more essential than ever. In this fascinating book, Russian history unfolds as a "continuous history of political murder" as the author, Helene Carrere d'Encausse, focuses on this dramatic theme from its origins in Kievan Rus to the threshold of the Gorbachev era. Since the eleventh century - when dynastic murder was used to settle questions of inheritance and succession in Kiev - through the regimes of Stalin and Brezhnev, there has been a tragic relation between politics, violence, and terror. The Russian Syndrome's riveting na...
Nicholas II
Presents a detailed history of the last Romanov czar, Nicholas II, whose execution ushered in the Communist era in Russia. Examines his early years growing up in the imperial court, and provides background on the Romanov dynasty as a whole. Includes appendices of documents and first-hand reports, a glossary of institutions, a chronology, and a genealogy, plus bandw maps. The author is a leading French authority on Russian and Slavic history. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
The End Of The Soviet Empire
Discusses how the forces of nationalism led to the collapse of the Soviet communist system.
La Russie inachevée
Y a-t-il en tout, mais d'abord dans le malheur, une exception russe ? Une fatalité qui ferait échapper ce peuple et ce pays aux convergences de la mondialisation, qui les ferait diverger d'une évolution favorable qui profite même aux plus déshérités de leurs anciens vassaux ? Des pesanteurs qui, à chaque pas en avant, les tirent à nouveau en arrière ou vers le bas ? Le mieux est d'y aller voir, comme toujours, mais, à la manière de Michelet brossant ses Tableaux de la France, d'aller, si l'on peut dire, sur le terrain du Temps, là où l'on voit mieux affleurer ou saillir les grandes permanences d'un pays. Dans le cas russe, ce sont : l'immense espace, et donc ses décompositions...
Islam and the Russian Empire
"A particularly valuable work. In my judgment, it contains the best account of nineteenth-century Muslim societies in Central Asia. It is, I think, indispensable to an understanding of the events that followed."--Ira Lapidus, co-editor of Islam, Politics and Social Movements
Central Asia, 130 Years of Russian Dominance
**** BCL3 lists the predecessor version carrying the subtitle A century of Russian rule (1967). A needed revision of the classic. Deals with the people, their intellectual lives, the land, history, nationalism, agriculture, industry, modernization. A cloth edition is reported at $57.50; we've not seen it. **** The first edition, titled Central Asia: A Century of Russian Rule (1967), is cited in BCL3. The present edition is a revision of Central Asia: 120 Years of Russian Rule (1989). This new, augmented edition preserves the previous 17 chapters intact. Besides writing a new final chapter that focuses mainly on the eventful period 1989-93, the editor has also revised the preface and notes about contributors, and has enlarged and updated the bibliography of English-language sources and readings. Paper edition (unseen), $26.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Intermarium
History and collective memories influence a nation, its culture, and institutions; hence, its domestic politics and foreign policy. That is the case in the Intermarium, the land between the Baltic and Black Seas in Eastern Europe. The area is the last unabashed rampart of Western Civilization in the East, and a point of convergence of disparate cultures. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz focuses on the Intermarium for several reasons. Most importantly because, as the inheritor of the freedom and rights stemming from the legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian/Ruthenian Commonwealth, it is culturally and ideologically compatible with American national interests. It is also a gateway to both East and West. Since...
