In the early post-Soviet period, Ukraine appeared to be firmly on the path to democracy. But the Kuchma presidency was clouded by dark rumors of corruption and even political murder, and, by 2004, the country was in full-blown political crisis. This book looks beyond these dramatic events and aims to identify the actual play of power in Ukraine.

Originally prepared as a staff study in 1971, when D'Arista was a Staff Member of the House Committee on Banking and Currency, Volume 1, Federal Reserve Monetary Policy, 1915-1935 (230-3, $60), is an analysis of Federal Reserve structure, policy, and functioning in the 1931-1935 period, examining th