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3. Keep, J.L.H. (2002) <i>A history of the Soviet Union, 1945 - 1991: last of the empires </i>. Reissued with updated bibliogr. Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press. This deep analysis by Keep looks at the Soviet Union in the context of an empire, where it attempts to instill its ideology on the different lands in which became part of the Soviet Union. Using archives uncovered after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the book details political, cultural, social, and economic development and how the state functioned.
4. Levine, P. (2013) <i>The British Empire: sunrise to sunset </i>. 2nd edition. Harlow, England, Pearson. What sets the standard for what we today define as empire was the British Empire. The British Empire saw itself as a benefactor in bringing order and peace to different parts of the world. The reality was something different and how people saw this empire, from their perspectives, is documented, giving us a glimpse of how empires affected people they ruled.
