# The August Coup

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- Book: [The August Coup](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-service/the-august-coup) ([The August Coup.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-service/the-august-coup.md))
- Authors: [Robert Service](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-service)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-15-2906-578-7
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2026-06-11
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Robert Service has a historian's rare and welcome capacity to dig deep, without losing sight of the big picture. He tells the story of a three-day drama in unprecedented detail, while placing it clearly within the context of the failure of Gorbachev's reform project, making it a must-read for those fascinated by the decline and fall of the USSR and the emergence of a new Russia