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The Gorbachev factor / Archie Brown.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brown, Archie, 1938-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.
Soviet Union.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 406 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The author writes about Gorbachev, both as the statesman and as the man. He explores how an ordinary man can become a world leader, wielding enormous power.
Contents:
Contents; Preface; List of Plates; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; 1 Introduction; 2 The Making of a Reformist General Secretary; 3 In the Portals of Power; 4 The Power of Ideas and the Power of Appointment; 5 Gorbachev and Economic Reform; 6 Gorbachev and Political Transformation; 7 Gorbachev and Foreign Policy; 8 The National Question, the Coup, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union; 9 Conclusions; Notes; Glossary; Index
Notes:
"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1997"--T.p. verso.
Originally published: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-390) and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9786612052224
9780191573989
0191573981
9780191520808
0191520802
9781282052222
1282052225
9780192880529
0192880527
OCLC:
922954553
Publisher Number:
2027/heb05463 hdl

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