This is a great book, and easy to read. For russia I also like Yegor Gaidar, there's a book but the summary is http://www.aei.org/feature/the-soviet-collapse/

This is a great book, and easy to read. For russia I also like Yegor Gaidar, there's a book but the summary is http://www.aei.org/feature/the-soviet-collapse/ http://www.aei.org/feature/the-soviet-collapse/