In the tradition of John Reed's classic Ten Days That Shook the World, this bestselling account of the collapse of the Soviet Union combines the global vision of the best historical scholarship with the immediacy of eyewitness journalism. "A moving illumination . . . Remnick is the witness for us all." —Wall Street Journal.

In the tradition of John Reed's classic Ten Days That Shook the World, this bestselling account of the collapse of the Soviet Union combines the global vision of the best historical scholarship with the immediacy of eyewitness journalism. "A moving illumination . . . Remnick is the witness for us all." —Wall Street Journal.

大衛•雷姆尼克(David Remnick)， 美國久負盛名的記者、編輯和作家。他從1998至今擔任美國《紐約客》雜誌總編輯，1994年以《列寧的墳墓》一書榮獲普立茲獎，1999年獲選為「年度最佳編輯」。他著有《橋：歐巴馬的生命和崛起》，他關於拳王阿里的傳記也被《時代》 評為2000年年度最佳傳記。 雷姆尼克畢業於普林斯頓大學，主修比較文學及俄文，他先在《華盛頓郵報》當社區記者和體育記者，後出任該報駐莫斯科特派員。雷氏於一九九二年至《紐約客》當主筆，六年後升任總編輯迄今。他把《紐約客》帶到另外一個高度，在他擔任編輯後，《紐約客》已經榮獲三十次以上的美國國家期刊雜誌大獎。他也網羅大量非虛構寫作作家，如Peter Hessler（中文名何偉），其《尋路中國》《甲骨文》等中國三部曲最初即刊發於《紐約客》。 雷氏文筆汪洋恣肆，擅長細節和現場描寫，感染力極強，...(展开全部)

On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to celebrate what he described as a historic American victory: Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation as Soviet prime minister and the subsequent fall of the Soviet Union. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which the end of the Cold War was linked to the triumph of democratic values over communism, took cen...(展开全部)

沙希利·浦洛基（Serhii Plokhy）哈佛大学俄罗斯及乌克兰史教授，也是东欧诸国史顶尖的研究学者，专攻俄罗斯及乌克兰现代史。他的著述丰富且有创见，曾经连续三年（2002-2005）获得美国乌克兰研究协会颁发的最佳著作奖项。他更于2009年获得古斯拉夫研究协会颁发的卓越学人奖。著有《雅尔塔—决定世界格局和历史进程的八天》和《斯拉夫民族之起源》等书。

On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to celebrate what he described as a historic American victory: Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation as Soviet prime minister and the subsequent fall of the Soviet Union. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which the end of the Cold War was linked to the triumph of democratic values over communism, took cen...(展开全部)

The historical background, the present position, and the future prospects of both the non-Russian and Russian peoples are considered in their many aspects, as are the maneuvers of the Communist regime to suppress, appease, or make use of them. The future of the Soviet Union, and thus of the world, depends greatly on whether, and how, the Communist leadership, whose own ideology...(展开全部)

The Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. By 1914 it had been much reduced, but still remained after Russia the largest European state. Stretching from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, the Empire was both a great political entity and a religious one, with the Sultan ruling over the Holy Sites and, as Caliph, the successor to ...(展开全部)