04303nam 2200757 a 450 991082748040332120211012013906.01-283-00841-697866130084110-231-50474-810.7312/engl11058(CKB)111056485385890(OCoLC)51542875(CaPaEBR)ebrary10397414(SSID)ssj0000487175(PQKBManifestationID)12191757(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487175(PQKBWorkID)10445950(PQKB)11002457(SSID)ssj0000986340(PQKBManifestationID)11575306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986340(PQKBWorkID)10938161(PQKB)11580682(MiAaPQ)EBC909268(WaSeSS)Ind00071452(DE-B1597)458838(OCoLC)979741330(DE-B1597)9780231504744(Au-PeEL)EBL909268(CaPaEBR)ebr10397414(CaONFJC)MIL300841(OCoLC)828303861(EXLCZ)9911105648538589020000214d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRussia and the idea of the West Gorbachev, intellectuals, and the end of the Cold War /Robert D. EnglishNew York Columbia University Press20001 online resource (416 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-231-11059-6 0-231-11058-8 Includes bibliographical references ([345]-373) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface: An Intellectual History --Introduction: Intellectuals, Ideas, and Identity in the Sources of International Change --1. The Origins and Nature of Old Thinking --2. Leaders, Society, and Intellectuals During the Thaw --3. Intellectuals and the World: From the Secret Speech to the Prague Spring --4. The Dynamics of New Thinking in the Era of Stagnation --5. Advance and Retreat: New Thinking in the Time of Crisis and Transition --6. The New Thinking Comes to Power --Conclusion: Reflections on the Origins and Fate of New Thinking --Notes --Bibliography --IndexAn intriguing "intellectual portrait" of a generation of Soviet reformers, this book is also a fascinating case study of how ideas can change the course of history. In most analyses of the Cold War's end the ideological aspects of Gorbachev's "new thinking" are treated largely as incidental to the broader considerations of power-as gloss on what was essentially a retreat forced by crisis and decline. Robert English makes a major contribution by demonstrating that Gorbachev's foreign policy was in fact the result of an intellectual revolution. English analyzes the rise of a liberal policy-academic elite and its impact on the Cold War's end. English worked in the archives of the USSR Foreign Ministry and also gained access to the restricted collections of leading foreign-policy institutes. He also conducted nearly 400 interviews with Soviet intellectuals and policy makers-from Khrushchev- and Brezhnev-era Politburo members to Perestroika-era notables such as Eduard Shevardnadze and Gorbachev himself. English traces the rise of a "Westernizing" worldview from the post-Stalin years, through a group of liberals in the late1960s-70s, to a circle of close advisers who spurred Gorbachev's most radical reforms.IntellectualsPolitical activitySoviet UnionSoviet UnionPolitics and government1953-1985PhilosophySoviet UnionPolitics and government1985-1991PhilosophySoviet UnionRelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesRelationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionRelationsEurope, WesternEurope, WesternRelationsSoviet UnionIntellectualsPolitical activity303.48/24701821English Robert(Robert D.)1681954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827480403321Russia and the idea of the West4051706UNINA