The August Coup: The Destruction of the Soviet Union and the Making of New Russia 1985-1991

'Lively and insightful' – The Times

‘A must-read for those fascinated by the decline and fall of the USSR and the emergence of a new Russia’ – Mark Galeotti, author of Forged in War

'Immensely well-researched and compellingly written . . . grips the reader from page one' – Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny

From the acclaimed author of Kremlin Winter and Blood on the Snow, a dramatic and expertly researched account of an extraordinary moment in Russia’s recent history: t...