LEADER 04330nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910779972003321 005 20211012013906.0 010 $a1-283-00841-6 010 $a9786613008411 010 $a0-231-50474-8 024 7 $a10.7312/engl11058 035 $a(CKB)111056485385890 035 $a(OCoLC)51542875 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10397414 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487175 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12191757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487175 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10445950 035 $a(PQKB)11002457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986340 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11575306 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986340 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10938161 035 $a(PQKB)11580682 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909268 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071452 035 $a(DE-B1597)458838 035 $a(OCoLC)979741330 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231504744 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909268 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10397414 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL300841 035 $a(OCoLC)828303861 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485385890 100 $a20000214d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRussia and the idea of the West$b[electronic resource] $eGorbachev, intellectuals, and the end of the Cold War /$fRobert D. English 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (416 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-231-11059-6 311 0 $a0-231-11058-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references ([345]-373) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface: An Intellectual History --$tIntroduction: Intellectuals, Ideas, and Identity in the Sources of International Change --$t1. The Origins and Nature of Old Thinking --$t2. Leaders, Society, and Intellectuals During the Thaw --$t3. Intellectuals and the World: From the Secret Speech to the Prague Spring --$t4. The Dynamics of New Thinking in the Era of Stagnation --$t5. Advance and Retreat: New Thinking in the Time of Crisis and Transition --$t6. The New Thinking Comes to Power --$tConclusion: Reflections on the Origins and Fate of New Thinking --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAn 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. 606 $aIntellectuals$xPolitical activity$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1953-1985$xPhilosophy 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1985-1991$xPhilosophy 607 $aSoviet Union$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xRelations$zEurope, Western 607 $aEurope, Western$xRelations$zSoviet Union 615 0$aIntellectuals$xPolitical activity 676 $a303.48/24701821 700 $aEnglish$b Robert$g(Robert D.)$01556696 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779972003321 996 $aRussia and the idea of the West$93819611 997 $aUNINA