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Anders Aslund, Building Capitalism: The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 528 pp. $80.00 cloth; $29.00 paper; Alexander Chubarov, Russia's Bitter Path To Modernity: A History of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras. New York: Continuum Publishers, 2001. 318 pp. $29.95 cloth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2005

Alexei Pimenov
Alexei Pimenov
Affiliation:
University of Maryland
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The postcommunist transformation of the former countries of “real socialism” has become an intriguing topic for economists and political scientists. The Soviet bloc did not just collapse; it collapsed unexpectedly. There are various consequences for the world as a result of this event, which in many ways resemble a gun that is cocked and loaded, but which has not yet fired.

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International Labor and Working-Class History , Volume 65 , April 2004 , pp. 201 - 204
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© 2004 The International Labor and Working-Class History Society

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