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

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"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. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ
subject George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
Soviet politics ⓘ
U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ
collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
workOf Jack F. Matlock Jr. ⓘ

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