Twenty years on: The coup against Gorbachev

Oberon · 08-18-11, 10:10 AM

New light shed on the events of 19th August 1991

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14560280

It could very well have gone a very different way:

08-18-11, 10:30 AM

Basically the same topic but with a different point of view. From Foreign Policy magazine a couple of months ago: Everything You Think You Know about the Collapse of the Soviet Union is Wrong.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...wrong?page=0,0

08-18-11, 10:10 AM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Twenty years on: The coup against Gorbachev New light shed on the events of 19th August 1991 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14560280 It could very well have gone a very different way:

08-18-11, 10:30 AM	#2
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Basically the same topic but with a different point of view. From Foreign Policy magazine a couple of months ago: Everything You Think You Know about the Collapse of the Soviet Union is Wrong. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...wrong?page=0,0