The Shortest History of the Soviet Union – Subscriber Discount industrial-relations Peter Hartcher shows how Beijing

Peter Hartcher shows how Beijing stepped up its campaign for influence

seasoned by the author’s self-serrating humour and remarkable skill

woven together over 5000 years of wonderfully colossal and chaotic history

revealing what we can learn about the human condition

The Shortest History of the Soviet Union – Subscriber Discount industrial-relations Peter Hartcher shows how BeijingSoviet Russia arrived in the world accidentally and departed unexpectedly. More than a hundred years after the Russian Revolution, the tumultuous history of the Soviet Union continues to fascinate us and influence global politics. Here is an irresistible entree to a sweeping history. From revolution and Lenin to Stalins Great Terror, from World War II to Gorbachevs perestroika policies, this is a lively, authoritative distillation of seventy five