Annotation
In the tradition of John Reed's classicTen Days That Shook the World, this bestselling account of the collapse of the Soviet Union combines the global vision of the best historical scholarship with the immediacy of eyewitness journalism. "A moving illumination . . . Remnick is the witness for us all." —Wall Street Journal.
Awards
1994 Helen Bernstein Book Award
1994 Pulitzer Prize
1994 American Library Association Notable Books