'Lively and insightful' - The Times'Magnificent' - The Guardian'A masterly piece of scholarship, written like a political thriller' - The Irish Times'Superb' - Literary Review'A must-read' - Mark Galeotti'Grips the reader from page one' - Andrew RobertsIn August 1991, eight ruthless conspirators attempted to seize control of the USSR. Instead, they destroyed it.From our finest historian of Soviet Russia, Professor Robert Service, comes a dramatic, minute-by-minute account of the August Coup, the extraordinary flashpoint that ushered in the end of the USSR and changed global politics forever.When the architects of the coup abducted Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachëv from his Crimean holiday home, they intended to restore strict authoritarian rule.
Instead, their desperate plot devolved into a shambolic failure, accelerating the collapse of the Soviet Union and triggering a chaotic shift to capitalism.Masterfully linking this three-day crisis to present-day Russia, Service exposes how the fallout of the coup, and the corruption that followed under Boris Yeltsin, ultimately paved the way for the rise of Vladimir Putin. The result is this gripping, deeply researched chronicle of one of Russia's most pivotal turning points.
| ISBN: | 9781529065817 |
| Publication date: | 29th July 2027 |
| Author: | Robert Service |
| Publisher: | Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Genres: |
Far-left political ideologies and movements Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions Capitalism European history History of other geographical groupings and regions |
'Lively and insightful' - The Times'Magnificent' - The Guardian'A masterly piece of scholarship, written like a political thriller' - The Irish Times'Superb' - Literary Review'A must-read' - Mark Galeotti'Grips the reader from page one' - Andrew RobertsIn August 1991, eight ruthless conspirators attempted to seize control of the USSR. Instead, they destroyed it.From our finest historian of Soviet Russia, Professor Robert Service, comes a dramatic, minute-by-minute account of the August Coup, the extraordinary flashpoint that ushered in the end of the USSR and changed global politics forever.When the architects of the coup abducted Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachëv from his Crimean holiday home, they intended to restore strict authoritarian rule.
The August Coup features in the following genres: Far-left political ideologies and movements, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Capitalism, European history, History of other geographical groupings and regions
Paperback, Hardback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. Pre-order. 29th July 2027.
The August Coup was written by Robert Service and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The August Coup has 432 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. Pre-order. 29th July 2027.