DOBBS, MICHAEL

Down with Big Brother the Fall of the Soviet Empire

Vintage, 1998. Paperback. ISBN: 0679751513. Trade paperback in Very Good condition, tightly bound and unmarked with cover wear, a crease to the front cover. "In this absorbing eyewitness account, Michael Dobbs takes readers on a tour of the collapsing communist world, from Tito's funeral to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square, from the breaching of the Berlin Wall to the sight of Boris Yeltsin riding a tank through the streets of Moscow." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 502 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 14208

Catalogue: History, Russia

Keywords: 0679751513 Politics Government History Russia / Ussr Europe Soviet Union

GOGOL, NIKOLAI VASILEVICH

Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil

W. W. Norton & Company, 1965. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0393003043. Rade Paperback with light edgewear and scuffing. Previous owner's name printed on the back of the front cover. Bright & clean interior with a solid binding. Originally called "Tales of Good and Evil" This volume constitutes six stories by Gogol, none of these stories are heartwarming or ends happily; Gogol depicts the less charming parts of life, and in depicting them, makes them sometimes charming, sometimes amusing, and always interesting. ; 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 271 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 2901

Catalogue: Fiction, Russia

Keywords: 0393003043

KOCHAN LIONEL

Making of Modern Russia, the

Village, NV: Penguin Books, 1979. Paperback. ISBN: 0140205292. Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tighly bound, unmarked with light tanning to the page edges. Light cover wear, spine uncreased. "This is a history of Russia from the earliest times up to the outbreak of the Second World War." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 335 pages. Very Good .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 12467

Catalogue: History, Russia

Keywords: 0140205292 History Russia / Ussr Europe Soviet Union

SUVOROV, VIKTOR

Inside the Soviet Army

New York: MacMillan Pub Co, 1983. Hardcover. ISBN: 0026155001. Grey Hardcovers with red cloth spine covering & silver titles to the spine. Very Good+, the binding is tight and with the exception of an A written on the title page, the pages are bright & clean. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is Very Good with light spine end chipping, cover rubbing. "Viktor Suvorov describes the general organization, doctrine, and strategy of the Soviet armed forces (the term "Army"; being used to cover not only the Land Forces, but also Strategic Rocket, Air Defense, Air, and Naval forces). Suvorov explains his view on the political realities of the USSR, where everything is subordinated to maintain the Communist regime's dominance, thus explaining the rationale behind Soviet strategic planning. He then goes on to explain the organization of the Soviet armed forces, from the top down, emphasizing the Land Forces/Soviet Army." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 296 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26779

Catalogue: History, Military History, War, Russia

Keywords: 0026155001 History War > Military Russia History Military War Russia / Ussr