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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819388403321

Autore

Brown Archie <1938->

Titolo

The Gorbachev factor / / Archie Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-19-157398-1

0-19-152080-2

1-282-05222-5

9786612052224

0-19-288052-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 406 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

947.085/4/092

Soggetti

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1997"--T.p. verso.

Originally published: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-390) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.