«Вопрос вопросов»: почему не стало Советского Союза?

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Richard Sakwa. Gorbachev and His Reforms, 1985-1990. — N. J.: Engiewood Cliffs, 1991. P. 357; Ed A. HewetL Is Soviet Socialism Reformable? // Alexander Dallin and Gail W. Lapidus eds. The Soviet System: From Crisis to Collapse. Rev. ed. — Boulder, 1995. P. 320. В качестве примеров других работ того времени, основанных на мнении о реформируемости системы, см.: Robert V. Daniels. Ts Russia Reformable? Change and Resistance from Stalin to Gorbachev. — Boulder, 1988; George W. Breslauer, ed. Can Gorbachev's Reforms Succeed? — Berkeley, 1990; Stephen While. Gorbachev in Power. — New York, 1990; Robert T. Huber and Donald R. Kelley, eds. Perestroika-Era Politics: The New Soviet Legislature and Gorbachev's Political Reforms. — Armonk, 1991; Eugene Huskey, ed. Executive Power and Soviet Politics: The Rise and Decline of the Soviet State. — Armonk, 1992; Michael E. Urban. More Power to the Soviets: The Democratic Revolution in the USSR. — Brookfield, VT, 1990; Jerry F. Hough. Russia and the West: Gorbachev and the Politics of Reform. 2 ed. — New York, 1990. Ряд авторов упоминают в своих работах Йан Халленберг и Дэвид Роули: Jan Hallenberg. The Demise of the Soviet Union: Analysing the Collapse of a State. — Burlington, VT, 2002. P. 177-186, 195, David Rowley // Kritika 2. No.2. Spring 2001. P. 414, n.9. По поводу мнения правительства США см.: Michael R. Beschloss and Strobe Talbott. At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War. — Boston, 1993. Chaps. 16-21.