Using recently uncovered archival materials, personal interviews, and a broad familiarity with Russian history and culture, two young Russian historians have wr

Covering the volatile period from 1945 to 1962 this book looks at key issues and people that shaped Soviet foreign policy. Using recently uncovered archival mat

the Kremlin and the minds of its leaders, Zubok and Pleshakov present intimate portraits of the men who made the West fear, to reveal why and how they acted as

In this widely praised book, Vladislav Zubok argues that Western interpretations of the Cold War have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or i

The Washington Post Co. presents the text of the first chapter from "Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to Krushchev," written by Vladislav Zubok and Co