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An edition of Gorbachev (2013)

Gorbachev

his life and times

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A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Language
English
Pages
852

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Subjects

Politics and government, Heads of state, Biography, Gorbachev, mikhail sergeevich, 1931-, Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991, Russia (federation), politics and government, New York Times reviewed, Gorbachev, mikhail sergeevich, 1931-2022, Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-, Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography, Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991

People

Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-)

Places

Soviet Union

Times

1985-1991

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2018, Simon & Schuster, Limited, SIMON & SCHUSTER
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2017, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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2017, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Introduction: "Gorbachev is hard to understand"
Childhood, boyhood, and youth: 1931-1949
Moscow State University: 1950-1955
Climbing the ladder: 1955-1969
Regional party boss: 1969-1978
Return to Moscow: 1978-1985
What is to be done? 1985-1986
Onto the world stage: March 1985-December 1986
Two scorpions in a bottle: 1987
Who's afraid of Nina Andreyeva? 1988
Before the storm: 1987-1988
Summits galore: 1987-1988
1989: triumph and trouble at home
1989: triumph and trouble abroad
Coming apart? 1990
Coming together? 1990
To the coup: January-August 1991
The coup: August 1991
Final days: August-December 1991
Out of power: 1991-2000
Conclusion: understanding Gorbachev.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 785-804) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
947.085/4092, B
Library of Congress
DK290.3.G67 T39 2017, DK290.3.G67

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxv, 852 pages
Number of pages
852

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OL26926011M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0393647013
ISBN 13
9780393647013
LCCN
2017015009
OCLC/WorldCat
969386222

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