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The Gorbachev factor / Archie Brown.
- 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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