Gorbachev and Yeltsin as leaders

by Breslauer, George W.

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Title Statements

Full title :Gorbachev and Yeltsin as leaders / George W. Breslauer.

Summary

"How did Gorbachev and Yeltsin get away with transforming and replacing the Soviet system and its foreign relations? Why did they act as they did in pushing for such radical changes? And how will history evaluate their accomplishments? In this unique and original study, George W. Breslauer compares and evaluates the leadership strategies adopted by Gorbachev and Yeltsin at each stage of their administrations: political rise, political ascendancy, and political decline. He demonstrates how these men used the power of ideas to mobilize support for their policies, to seize the initiative from political rivals, and to mold their images as effective problem solvers, indispensable politicians, and symbols of national unity and elan.

Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders also compares these men with Khrushchev and Brezhnev, yielding new insight into the nature of Soviet and post-Soviet politics and into the dynamics of "transformational" leadership more generally. The book is an important contribution to the analysis and evaluation of political leadership. It is well written and accessible to the nonspecialist."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, U.K
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 331 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521814863, 9780521814867, 0521892449, 9780521892445
oclc:ocm48117373
LC Classification:DK288
Dewey Decimal:947.085/4

Preface -- Leadership strategies in Soviet and post-Soviet politics -- Gorbachev and Yeltsin : personalities and beliefs -- Rise of Gorbachev -- Gorbachev ascendant -- Gorbachev on the political defensive -- Yeltsin versus Gorbachev -- Yeltsin ascendant -- Yeltsin on the political defensive -- Yeltsin lashes out : the invasion of Chechnya (December 1994) -- Yeltsin's many last hurrahs -- Explaining leaders' choices, 1985-1999 -- Criteria for the evaluation of transformational leaders -- Evaluating Gorbachev as leader -- Evaluating Yeltsin as leader.

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20th Century history (c 1914+) El·cin, Boris N. Elʹcin, Boris Nikolaevič Eltsine, Boris Eltsine, Boris Nikolaevitch Geschichte 1985-1991 Geschichte 1991-2001 Gorbačev, Michail Gorbačëv, Michail S. Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbatchev, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, Mikhaïl Sergueevitch Graubünden, Regierung Politics and government Politieke leiding Politik Regierung Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) -- Politics and gov… Russie -- Politique et gouvernement -- …