The last empire: the final days of the Soviet Union

Empire strikes back: a foreward to the paperback edition

Maps

Introduction

Meeting in Moscow

The party crasher

Chicken Kiev

The prisoner of the Crimea

The Russian rebel

Freedom's victory

The resurgence of Russia

Independent Ukraine

Saving the empire

Washington's dilemma

The Russian ark

The survivor

Anticipation

The Ukrainian referendum

The Slavic trinity

Out of the woods

The birth of Eurasia

Christmas in Moscow.

The last summit. Meeting in Moscow ; The party crasher ; Chicken Kiev

The tanks of August. The prisoner of the Crimea ; The Russian rebel ; Freedom's victory

A countercoup. The resurgence of Russia ; Independent Ukraine ; Saving the empire

Soviet disunion. Washington's dilemma ; The Russian ark ; The survivor

Vox populi. Anticipation ; The Ukrainian referendum ; The Slavic trinity

Farewell to the empire. Out of the woods ; The birth of Eurasia ; Christmas in Moscow.