Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador’s Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union

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book historical analysis memoir non-fiction book

"Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador’s Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union" is a memoir and historical analysis by former U.S. ambassador Jack F. Matlock Jr. that offers an insider’s perspective on the political and diplomatic dynamics that led to the Soviet Union’s dissolution.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ historical analysis ⓘ memoir ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
author	Jack F. Matlock Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describesRoleOf	Jack F. Matlock Jr. as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union ⓘ
focus	diplomatic negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ internal Soviet decision-making ⓘ political dynamics of Soviet reform and collapse ⓘ
genre	Cold War studies ⓘ diplomatic history ⓘ political history ⓘ
hasPerspectiveOn	Soviet domestic reforms ⓘ U.S. foreign policy toward the Soviet Union ⓘ the causes of the Soviet Union’s dissolution ⓘ
historicalContext	Soviet–American arms control talks ⓘ perestroika and glasnost reforms ⓘ
intendedAudience	readers interested in Cold War history ⓘ students and scholars of international relations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainThemes	diplomacy and negotiation during political transitions ⓘ limits of American influence on Soviet collapse ⓘ role of leadership in systemic change ⓘ
narrativeStyle	combination of memoir and analytical history ⓘ
notableFor	insider perspective from the last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union ⓘ
perspective	first-person account by a U.S. ambassador ⓘ
relatedEvent	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ end of the Cold War ⓘ
setting	Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	George H. W. Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Gorbachev NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet politics ⓘ U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
workOf	Jack F. Matlock Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ

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