A rigorously argued and lively interpretation of the transformation of the Soviet system, written by a leading authority on Soviet politics, this book draws on new archival sources and puts perestroika in fresh perspective.
"This book is a rigorously argued and lively interpretation of the transformation of the Soviet system, the disintegration of the Soviet state, the end of the Cold War, and the role of Mikhail Gorbachev. Written by a leading authority on Soviet politics, this thoroughly research…
The Gorbachev epoch surprised and confounded most of the expectations and predictions of "totalitarianism" and "realism" on the question of change in the Soviet Union. Mainstream analysts--adhering, to varying degrees, to these two prevailing and mutually reinforcing Cold War pa…
Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika is a historic effort at restructuring the troubled Soviet economy. Wide-ranging in scope, harnessed with cultural and political reforms, it raises intriguing and important questions: Are Gorbachev's ideas different from the Kosygin-Brezhnev reform…
Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika is a historic effort at restructuring the troubled Soviet economy. Wide-ranging in scope, harnessed with cultural and political reforms, it raises intriguing and important questions: Are Gorbachev's ideas different from the Kosygin-Brezhnev reform…
A Western-Soviet dialogue in the form of essays on the reforms taking place in the Soviet Union in the areas of politics, economics, and culture.
A Western-Soviet dialogue in the form of essays on the reforms taking place in the Soviet Union in the areas of politics, economics, and culture.
