Quick Book Review: Moscow December 25th 1991 by Conor O'Clery
This is the best book on the Soviet Union I have ever read.
And I have read a lot about the Soviet Union. Too much in fact.
Conor O'Cleary lived in Moscow towards the end of the Soviet Union, and he genuinely brings a superb perspective on the tradegy that the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The book is insightful, full of facts, and paints a bleak yet real picture of Moscow during the collapse.
The book is structured with each chapter as an hour of the day. This format helps to build the history of the event in its context and gives it a narrative and story feel. Building up to the end, whilst bringing the years-long process into sharp focus.
O'Clery brings a Journalistic approach to the history, giving it an easy-to-read feel throughout, without dumbing down or missing the point.
This book brings the context to light and is enlightening. Reading this book, you will not fail to learn something about the fall of the USSR that you did not know.
I highly recommend this for history lovers.
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