Gorbachev and his Revolution

By turns radical, uncertain, ambitious and autocratic, Mikhail Gorbachev and his bid to reform the Soviet Union have shaped the contemporary world. This concise and lively book provides an introduction to the man and his times, setting them in the context of a decaying and ramshackle empire and an ideology long since betrayed by its professed followers. Drawing on the latest memoirs and scholarship, this book follows Gorbachev''s increasingly desperate attempts to control the forces he unleashed and hold together a state whose days were over.>

List of contents

The Decay of the Soviet Union
Yurii Andropov and the Rise of Mikhail
Gorbachev Electing Gorbachev
Gorbachev the Technocrat: Uskoreniye and the Attempt to Modernise
Gorbachev the Reformer: Glasnost' and Perestroika
Gorbachev the Gambler: Democratisation
Gorbachev the Revolutionary: the End of the Soviet Union
Appendices
Chronology
Gallery of Main Characters
Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading
Index
Map.

About the author

Mark Galeotti

Product details

• Authors: Galeotti, Mark Galeotti, Mark (Lecturer in Internationa Galeotti
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.1997
• EAN: 9780333638545
• ISBN: 978-0-333-63854-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: European History in Perspective; EUROPEAN HISTORY IN PERSPECTIV; European History in Perspective; EUROPEAN HISTORY IN PERSPECTIV
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russland, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union