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Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-1991
Anthony D'Agostino
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Description for Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-1991
Paperback. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
This detailed and scholarly history, based on contemporary and original sources, explains the fall of Soviet Communism by bringing into focus the process of revolution from above. It finds as its cause Gorbachev's relentless political struggle to raise himself above the collective leadership which brought him to power. Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-91 examines: · the impact of the SDI and other US arms programmes of the early 1980s which provided a stimulus for both Gorbachev's domestic reforms and his arms control initiatives · Perestroika, originally intended to show the world that a new Soviet foreign policy ... Read more
This detailed and scholarly history, based on contemporary and original sources, explains the fall of Soviet Communism by bringing into focus the process of revolution from above. It finds as its cause Gorbachev's relentless political struggle to raise himself above the collective leadership which brought him to power. Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-91 examines: · the impact of the SDI and other US arms programmes of the early 1980s which provided a stimulus for both Gorbachev's domestic reforms and his arms control initiatives · Perestroika, originally intended to show the world that a new Soviet foreign policy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349144075
SKU
V9781349144075
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