Was the Soviet Union’s demise inevitable, and was Gorbachev the heroic reformer we remember him to have been? Vladislav M. Zubok joins host Richard Aldous to discuss the complicated legacy of the end of the Cold War, as well as his new book Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union.
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Episode 66: Zubok on the USSR's collapse
Episode 66: Zubok on the USSR's collapse
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Biweekly conversations between Richard Aldous, Bard College professor and distinguished historian, and authors on their newest books.
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