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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791501003321

Autore

Brown Archie <1938->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-383-04280-2

0-19-156935-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Disciplina

947.085/4

Soggetti

Perestroĭka

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

A rigorously argued and lively interpretation of the transformation of the Soviet system, written by a leading authority on Soviet politics. This thoroughly researched book draws on new archival sources and puts perestroika in fresh perspective. - ;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 researched book draws on new archival sources and puts perestroika in fresh perspective. Peres