He is the author of nine books, including an acclaimed twovolume study of the rise and fall of soviet socialism. He served on the core editorial committee of the world politics, flagship journal in comparative politics. Birkelund professor in history and international affairs at princeton university, where he has taught since 1989. He founded and coedited a book series on northeast asia that published six. This approach restricted the invisible hand of market forces and addicted the soviet population to government subsidies for inefficient and. Questia read the fulltext online edition of armageddon averted. Written by stephen kotkin, audiobook narrated by john pruden. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today.
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