End of the Cold War and the Causes of Soviet Collapse

NICK BISLEY was educated at the University of Melbourne and at the London School of Economics. He has published work on regionalism in East Asia and on revolutions and counter-revolution and is currently engaged on a project on Australia's role in the Asia-Pacific.

• Acknowledgements List of Acronyms The Cold War and the Soviet State Historical Sociology, International Relations and the State Foreign Policy and Soviet State Power Ending the Cold War The Vulnerability of a Great Power Foreign Policy Change and State Stability Appendix: Chronology of the End of the Cold War and the Collapse of the Soviet Union References Notes