What Book Are You Currently Reading? (2.0.)

[Pericles]

A People's Tragedy on the Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes. Very bulky but great analysis and depth to it, it's definitely the best thing I've read on this huge historical event.

[Pericles]

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok

That was a very insightful one, and I feel Western historians are too quick to label the collapse inevitable. In particular, he's right to focus on the role of Russian elites in dissolving the union.