I was taught that communism is when all property (including toothbrushes) gets taken by the government and redistributed personally by one leader who has total control, and it failed because no one did any work (as they got paid anyway)
I was taught that communism is when all property (including toothbrushes) gets taken by the government and redistributed personally by one leader who has total control, and it failed because no one did any work (as they got paid anyway)
Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union covers it to some extent, though it has a greater focus on the major figures of the 1980s and the events immediately preceding Yeltsin's coup.