History of the Soviet Union 1945-1991 - Keep, John L. H. (, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Toronto)

Focusing upon political, economic, social and cultural developments, this history of the USSR is divided into four parts: Stalin's final years; Nikita Krushchev's attempts to reform communist rule; the years 1964-1985, largely Breshnev's tenure; and Gorbachev's attempts at a "democratic" communism.