Bibliograph

Gorbachev, heretic in the Kremlin, Dusko Doder and Louise Branson

Type

Label

Gorbachev, heretic in the Kremlin, Dusko Doder and Louise Branson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gorbachev

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

20894335

Responsibility statement

Dusko Doder and Louise Branson

Sub title

heretic in the Kremlin

Summary

Discusses the character of Gorbachev, his influence in the Soviet Union, and that nation under his reforms

Table Of Contents

Education of a country boy -- The foothills of power -- The old guard's last hurrah -- Bold beginnings -- Gathering forces -- Foreign affairs, domestic bliss -- Chernobyl : the honeymoon ends -- The Glasnost gamble -- Winter of discontent -- Exorcising Stalin -- New thinking -- Military maneuvers -- Perestroika blueprint -- Conservatives bay for blood -- Confronting the big lie -- An abortive putsch -- The making of a president -- Under siege -- An empire in turmoil -- Against all odds -- A world without Communism

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