Rewritten and restructured, this volume provides a comprehensive study of the Soviet surface fleet. Despite less East-West tension and internal strife, the Soviet navy remains one of the world's great fleets modernizing itself for a diverse future.
The fourth edition of this text on the collapse of Soviet communism takes the story up to Yeltsin's referendum victory
In so doing, it presents a cluster of new findings and arguments, including a fresh interpretation of Khrushchev's motives for putting missiles in Cuba, new information on the mystery surrounding Senator Kenneth Keating's secret sources, and evidence indicating that JFK planned to carry out a military strike on Cuba at the start of the crisis. Contents : Approaching Camelot : John F. Kenned…