David Pryce-Jones,

The Strange Death of the Soviet Empire (New York: Henry Holt, 1995). An unusual and often interesting mix of interviews with former leaders, dissidents, and other Soviet observers .

Mikhail Gorbachev,

Memoirs (New York: Doubleday, 1995). Like its author, the book goes on too long but remains important .

Archie Brown,

The Gorbachev Factor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996). The best overall defense of Gorbachev’s record as a genuine reformer-a better defense, in fact, than Gorbachev’s own memoirs .

Amy Knight,

Spies without Cloaks (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996). The first chapter is the most recent and most thorough case against Gorbachev. The rest of the book argues that the postcoup KGB continues to be a dangerous and independent force in Russia.

David Remnick,

Resurrection (New York: Random House, 1997). A surprisingly hopeful view of postcoup Russia, especially since most of the book chronicles the country’s descent into chaos, corruption, and crime .

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