'The text is clear and easy to read and the select bibliography at the end of each chapter provides a good guide to the most pertinent literature in the field.' - Laura Richards Cleary, Political Studies
By turns radical, uncertain, ambitious and autocratic, Mikhail Gorbachev and his bid to reform the Soviet Union have shaped the contemporary world. This concise and lively book provides an introduction to the man and his times, setting them in the context of a decaying and ramshackle empire and an ideology long since betrayed by its professed followers. Drawing on the latest memoirs and scholarship, this book follows Gorbachev's increasingly desperate attempts to control the forces he unleashed and hold together a state whose days were over.
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By turns radical, uncertain, ambitious and autocratic, Mikhail Gorbachev and his bid to reform the Soviet Union have shaped the contemporary world. Drawing on the latest memoirs and scholarship, this book follows Gorbachev's increasingly desperate attempts to control the forces he unleashed and hold together a state whose days were over.
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The Decay of the Soviet Union
Yurii Andropov and the Rise of Mikhail
Gorbachev Electing Gorbachev
Gorbachev the Technocrat: Uskoreniye and the Attempt to Modernise
Gorbachev the Reformer: Glasnost' and Perestroika
Gorbachev the Gambler: Democratisation
Gorbachev the Revolutionary: the End of the Soviet Union
Appendices
Chronology
Gallery of Main Characters
Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading
Index
Map.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780333638545
Publisert
1997-01-29
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
349 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
Lower undergraduate, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
152
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