Seven years that changed the world : perestroika in perspective / Archie Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Archie, 1938- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.

Perestroĭka.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

7 years that changed the world

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Glossary and Abbreviations; A; B; C; F; G; H; I; K; M; N; O; P; R; S; U; V; Z; PART I; 1. Introduction; PART II; 2. Gorbachev: New Man in the Kremlin; 3. The First Phase of Soviet Reform, 1985-6; 4. Fundamental Political Change, 1987-9; 5. Reconstructing the Soviet Political System; PART III; 6. Institutional Amphibiousness or Civil Society? The Origins and Development of Perestroika; 7. The Dismantling of the System and the Disintegration of the State; 8. Transnational Influences in the Transition from Communism; 9. Ending the Cold War

10. Gorbachev and His Era in PerspectiveIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04280-2

0-19-156935-6

OCLC:

608129145