Reviews round-up
The August Coup
by Robert Service
2 of 2 critics positive
5 reviews: 1 rave, 1 positive; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control”
The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union
Positive
Read the review ↗“masterly scholarship written like a political thriller”
The August Coup by Robert Service: masterly scholarship written like a political thriller
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗The August coup — three days that hastened the fall of the Soviet empire
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