I am looking for book suggestions that will help me understand the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. Ideally, it should address the following points:
1. What was there before the Union?
2. Why and how did the Union came to be?
3. The Union in WW II
4. Post WW II
5. Why and how did the Union fall?
6. Aftermath of the fall.
Ideally, the books should be as neutral as possible with no embellishments.
Thanks a bunch.
by private256