Victor Sebestyen

It’s not just Putin who misses the Soviet empire. President Bush did, too

A review of The Last Empire: The final days of the Soviet Union, by Serhii Plokhy. Newly unearthed material sheds fresh light on the dying days of the 'Evil Empire'

An anti-Soviet rally in Moscow, February 1991: Gorbachev’s reforms resulted in the rise of his nemesis, Yeltsin [Getty Images]
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  • The Last Empire: The final days of the Soviet Union

    Serhii Plokhy

    One World, pp. 484

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