This book examines the role of Soviet energy during the Cold War. Based on hitherto little known documents from Western and Eastern European archives, it combines the story of Soviet oil and gas with general Cold War history. This volume breaks new ground by framing Soviet energy in a...

Michail Gorbatschow: "Perestroika - Die zweite russische Revolution". Aus dem Amerikanischen von Gabriele Burkhardt, Reiner Pfleiderer, Wolfram Ströhle, Übersetzergruppe Dr. Ulrich Mihr, Tübingen. Droemer Knaur, München 1987. 343 Seiten, 36 Mark

The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections has been a prime example of the new openness under glasnost in discussing previously taboo subjects. Using new revelations - such as the fact that Moscow had twice as many troops in Cuba as the Kennedy administration believed - from key...