The Berlin Wall was the physical embodiment of the Iron Curtain' thatdivided the Soviet world from the West. Once it fell the Soviet Empire itselfalso began to crumble. At its heart was a military system which extendedthroughout its territories exerting huge control and influence. There weremiltary bases in every country.Eric Lusito travelled throughout the former Soviet Union from EastGermany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan in search of these formerSoviet military bases and his photographs are an extraordinary record.The military departed but much else was just left behind. Lusito discoveredeverything from gas masks to propaganda posters, books and magazines,instruction manuals and personal photographs.But it is the buildings themselves which are the most resonant symbols ofthe fall of a once powerful Empire. A lecture hall is laid out with chairs, andtheatre spotlights are still mounted on the walls, yet the ceiling has begunto collapse; a swimming pool is full of water but this is stagnant water unchangedfor years. And throughout there remain symbols of the old regime murals of heroic deeds and national glories, photographs of political andmiltary leaders, posters exhorting young soldiers to give their all for theirmotherland.The book includes photographs not only of the military bases but alsoof the murals, posters, books, instruction manuals etc. that Lusito foundabandoned. It is a rich collection of work and illuminates the miltary worldof the Soviet Union in a way that is both fascinating and unique.