San Antonio College Library

The Post-Soviet Republics provides a completely new geographical analysis of the sweeping economic, social and political reforms occurring in the 15 independent states which have emerged from the ruins of the former USSR. Key features: provides the essential spatial and developmental background necessary to understand the present day problems of the region; focuses on the transition from command to market economies and the associated ethnic, political...

Collision and Collusion takes a hard, behind-the-scenes look at aid efforts, first in Central Europe, then in Russia and Ukraine. The book shows the slick "trans-actors" who played all sides and the globe-trotting "econolobbyists" who made grandiose promises. It exposes how Harvard's best and brightest, entrusted with millions of aid dollars, colluded with a Russian clan to create a system of tycoon capitalism that will plague the Russian people for...

A collection of articles that presents information on the conditions that exist in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union several years since the end of the Cold War.