Mikhail Gorbachev

Author : William Taubman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393245684

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Gorbachev: His Life and Times by William Taubman Pdf

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist “Essential reading for the twenty-first [century].” —Radhika Jones, The New York Times Book Review In the first comprehensive biography of Mikhail Gorbachev, William Taubman shows how a peasant boy clambered to the top of a system designed to keep people like him down, found common ground with America’s arch-conservative president Ronald Reagan, and permitted the USSR and its East European empire to break apart without using force to preserve them. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, Taubman’s intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev’s remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel.

Author : Chris Miller
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469630182

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The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy by Chris Miller Pdf

For half a century the Soviet economy was inefficient but stable. In the late 1980s, to the surprise of nearly everyone, it suddenly collapsed. Why did this happen? And what role did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reforms play in the country's dissolution? In this groundbreaking study, Chris Miller shows that Gorbachev and his allies tried to learn from the great success story of transitions from socialism to capitalism, Deng Xiaoping's China. Why, then, were efforts to revitalize Soviet socialism so much less successful than in China? Making use of never-before-studied documents from the Soviet politburo and other archives, Miller argues that the difference between the Soviet Union and China--and the ultimate cause of the Soviet collapse--was not economics but politics. The Soviet government was divided by bitter conflict, and Gorbachev, the ostensible Soviet autocrat, was unable to outmaneuver the interest groups that were threatened by his economic reforms. Miller's analysis settles long-standing debates about the politics and economics of perestroika, transforming our understanding of the causes of the Soviet Union's rapid demise.

Author : Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015038164847

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Memoirs by Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev Pdf

"In these long-awaited memoirs, Mikhail Gorbachev looks back on a lifetime that mirrors the fate of the Russian people. From the persecution of his family under Stalin to his first political steps, to his extraordinary rise within the Communist Party, Gorbachev recounts the events that led to his own disillusionment, without which the eventual implosion of communism would not have taken place. He casts an equally sharp eye on the policies of both past communist governments and present-day reformers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev,Green Cross International
Publisher : CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781905570317

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Mikhail Gorbachev by Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev,Green Cross International Pdf

This anthology, compiled to celebrate Gorbachevs eightieth birthday, features speeches and writings, as well as tributes from political contemporaries and partners in the environmental and peace movements. The tributes from the many colleagues and friends reflect the esteem in which Mikhail Gorbachev is held and the special place he occupies in modern history.

Author : John Miller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349224593

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Mikhail Gorbachev and the End of Soviet Power by John Miller Pdf

One of the first studies of the full career of M S Gorbachev as Soviet leader, this book traces his seven-year struggle to reform the Soviet system and his failure to preserve it. Mr Miller analyses characteristics of Gorbachev that puzzled the West - his reformist gradualism, his relationship to the Communist party, his attitudes to communism, revolution, democracy and nationalism - and explores their role in the collapse of Soviet power.

Author : Strobe Talbott,Donald Morrison
Publisher : Signet Book
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0451157001

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Mikhail S. Gorbachev by Strobe Talbott,Donald Morrison Pdf

A biography detailing how Gorbachev rises through the ranks of the Communist Party and becomes the leader of the Soviet Union.

Author : Mikhail Gorbachev
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780231500197

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Gorbachev by Mikhail Gorbachev Pdf

The last president of the Soviet Union discusses Communism, the Cold War, and bringing democracy to Russia in this sweeping political memoir. Drawing on his own experience and rich archival material, Mikhail Gorbachev shares his illuminating perspective on Russia's past, present, and future place in the world. Beginning with the October Revolution of 1917, he notes how much Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party did to modernize Russia. While he argues that the Soviet Union had a positive influence on social policy in the West, Gorbachev maintains that this positive development was cut short by Stalinist totalitarianism. Discussing the fall of the USSR in depth, Gorbachev examines the goals of perestroika, awakening ethnic tensions, the inability of democrats to unite, and his own attempts to preserve the union through reform. In retracing those fateful days, he explains the origins of Russia's present crisis. He then lays out a blueprint for Russia’s future, charting a path toward meaningful economic and political reforms. He also presents possible resolutions to a number of international dilemmas, including NATO expansion, the role of the UN, the fate of nuclear weapons, and environmental problems

Author : Mikhail Gorbachev,Zdenek Mlynar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231529273

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Conversations with Gorbachev by Mikhail Gorbachev,Zdenek Mlynar Pdf

Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynar were friends for half a century, since they first crossed paths as students in 1950. Although one was a Russian and the other a Czech, they were both ardent supporters of communism and socialism. One took part in laying the groundwork for and carrying out the Prague spring; the other opened a new political era in Soviet world politics. In 1993 they decided that their conversations might be of interest to others and so they began to tape-record them. This book is the product of that “thinking out loud” process. It is an absorbing record of two friends trying to explain to one another their views on the problems and events that determined their destinies. From reminiscences of their starry-eyed university days to reflections on the use of force to “save socialism” to contemplation of the end of the cold war, here is a far more candid picture of Gorbachev than we have ever seen before.

Author : Mikhail Gorbachev
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509503919

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The New Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev Pdf

After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin’s motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev. In this new work, Russia’s elder statesman draws on his wealth of knowledge and experience to reveal the development of Putin’s regime and the intentions behind it. He argues that Putin has significantly diminished the achievements of perestroika and is part of an over-centralized system that presents a precarious future for Russia. Faced with this, Gorbachev advocates a radical reform of politics and a new fostering of pluralism and social democracy. Gorbachev’s insightful analysis moves beyond internal politics to address wider problems in the region, including the Ukraine conflict, as well as the global challenges of poverty and climate change. Above all else, he insists that solutions are to be found by returning to the atmosphere of dialogue and cooperation which was so instrumental in ending the Cold War. This book represents the summation of Gorbachev’s thinking on the course that Russia has taken since 1991 and stands as a testament to one of the greatest and most influential statesmen of the twentieth century.

Author : Walter G. Oleksy
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0516032658

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Mikhail Gorbachev, a Leader for Soviet Change by Walter G. Oleksy Pdf

Describes the life and rise to power of the Soviet leader who has brought about the present openness of the Soviet Union to the West.

Author : Michel Tatu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015024905666

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Mikhail Gorbachev by Michel Tatu Pdf

Both a detailed biography and an analysis of Gorbachev's goals and policies through 1990.

Author : Михаил Сергеевич Горбачев
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040992583

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Perestroika by Михаил Сергеевич Горбачев Pdf

Contains primary source material.

Author : Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0231115156

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Gorbachev by Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev Pdf

Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev offers his rare perspective on a range of subjects concerning Russia's past, present, and future place in the world--including the October Revolution, the Cold War, and key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin.

Author : Gail Sheehy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Heads of state
ISBN : UOM:39015029295097

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Gorbachev by Gail Sheehy Pdf

Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher : Fawcett
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89072377781

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Innovator by Steven Otfinoski Pdf

If there is one man responsible for the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet system, that man is Mikhail Gorbachev. Yet in one of history's ironies, Gorbachev wanted only to reform the USSR, not destroy it. And by the time he tried to rein in the changes he had begun, he found himself no longer in control of his country or his fate.