The Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the Twentieth Century

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Scribner, 1989 - History - 278 pages
Dramatic changes are taking place today in the Soviet Union. From this exploration of "glasnost", Brzezinski shapes his argument--namely, that communism as it exists now in Russia cannot survive.

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From Vision to Revisionism
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The Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the Twentieth Century
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
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About the author (1989)

Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski was born in Warsaw, Poland on March 28, 1928. He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a master's degree in 1950 from McGill University in Montreal and a doctorate in political science in 1953 from Harvard University. He was the national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter during the years of the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1970s. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including Ideology and Power in Soviet Politics, Power and Principle, Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower, and Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. He was also a professor of foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a frequent expert commentator on PBS and ABC News. He died on May 26, 2017 at the age of 89.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the Twentieth Century
Collection, Romanian Echoes
AuthorZbigniew Brzezinski
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherScribner, 1989
ISBN0684190346, 9780684190341
Length278 pages
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History / Russia / Soviet Era
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
  
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