03224nam 2200685Ia 450 991080848830332120240416195151.01-282-85365-197866128536540-7735-6568-X10.1515/9780773565685(CKB)1000000000522781(SSID)ssj0000278562(PQKBManifestationID)11247102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278562(PQKBWorkID)10257937(PQKB)11671815(CaPaEBR)407500(CaBNvSL)slc00204583(Au-PeEL)EBL3331634(CaPaEBR)ebr10178283(CaONFJC)MIL285365(OCoLC)923230812(DE-B1597)657349(DE-B1597)9780773565685(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/136fts(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/407500(MiAaPQ)EBC3331634(MiAaPQ)EBC3248681(EXLCZ)99100000000052278119960401d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA democracy of despots /Donald Murray1st ed.Montreal McGill-Queen's University Pressc1995xiii, 250 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-1360-4 0-7735-1353-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- An Oasis of Liberty -- Searching for the New World -- The First Campaign -- The Day of Discussion -- The Swamp -- An Unofficial funeral -- Miniature, Everyday Coups -- Another Country ... Another Man -- The Final Coup -- The Rebel -- Raskol -- A Higher Value -- Russia Returns to Its Roots -- Confrontation Still Lives in Our Souls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexA Democracy of Despots is a history of Soviet and Russian experiments with democratic institutions from 1988 to 1995. Based on eye-witness accounts and in-depth interviews with most of the political leaders in this drama, it tells the story of the men and women who began an experiment in euphoria only to find themselves at war with one another five years later. Arguing that Gorbachev and Yeltsin used the democratic institutions they created to crush political opponents and increase their own personal power, Murray concludes that the rise of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the war in Chechnya are not aberrations on Russia's road to democracy but the logical extension and consequence of Gorbachev's and Yeltsin's despotism.HISTORY / GeneralbisacshRussia (Federation)HistorySoviet UnionPolitics and government1985-1991Russia (Federation)Politics and government1991-HISTORY / General.947.085/4/0922Murray Don1947-1661986MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808488303321A democracy of despots4018259UNINA