Collision and Collusion _ The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe 1989-1998 by Wedel, Janine R - 1998

Palgrave Macmillan. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Palgrave Macmillan. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Palgrave Macmillan, 1998-10-15. Hardcover. Good.

hc. Fair. Obviously worn, but no text pages missing. May have highlighting and marginalia, but markings do not interfere with readability. Textbooks do not have accompanying CDs or access codes. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Hbk 286pp dj very slightly shelfworn now in protective sleeve otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

St. Martin's Press. Very Good. 6 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches. Hardcover. 1998. 306 pages. <br>When the Soviet Unions communist empire collapsed in 1989, a mood of euphoria took hold in the West and in Eastern Europe. The West had won the ultimate victory--it had driven a si lver stake through the heart of Communism. Its next planned step was to help the nations of Eastern Europe to reconstruct themselv es ... .

Place_Pub: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. very good, good. 286, illus., maps, notes, selected bibliography, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, publisher's ephemera laid in. Collision and Collusion takes a hard, behind-the-scenes look at aid efforts, first in Central Europe, then in Russia and Ukraine. The book shows the slick "trans-actors" who played all sides and the globe-trotting "econolobbyists" who made grandiose promises. It exposes how Harvard's best and brightest, entrusted with millions of aid dollars, colluded with a Russian clan to create a system of tycoon capitalism that will plague the Russian people for decades--and which is widely blamed on the West. Collision and Collusion tells the tortuous tale of how Western donors, who set out to build democracy, instead often rekindled corruption, communist legacies, and anticapitalist sentiments.

St. Martin's Press, 1998-10-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!