The Man who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev's influence on recent events in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the entire world is nothing short of astounding. But, until now, very little has been known about Gorbachev the man. Gail Sheehy presents the most intimate, comprehensive, and lively account ever published about this intriguing world figure. 16 pages of halftones. |
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... fact , Khrushchev turned out to be a bold reformer . Brezhnev , too , was underestimated , described as merely a " grey - face bureau- crat . " For his first nine years as Soviet leader the betting was he'd be thrown over by the ...
... fact , Khrushchev turned out to be a bold reformer . Brezhnev , too , was underestimated , described as merely a " grey - face bureau- crat . " For his first nine years as Soviet leader the betting was he'd be thrown over by the ...
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... fact helped my fa- ther . " Andropov felt confident handling the problems of factories , but agriculture was foreign to him . But most of all , Igor emphasizes , " My father saw in Mikhail Sergeyevich great political potential ...
... fact helped my fa- ther . " Andropov felt confident handling the problems of factories , but agriculture was foreign to him . But most of all , Igor emphasizes , " My father saw in Mikhail Sergeyevich great political potential ...
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... fact that in 1979 the USSR gathered in the worst harvest in four years , Gorbachev was pushed even higher in the political firmament : named candidate - member of the Politburo . Encouraged , the agriculture secretary tried to resurrect ...
... fact that in 1979 the USSR gathered in the worst harvest in four years , Gorbachev was pushed even higher in the political firmament : named candidate - member of the Politburo . Encouraged , the agriculture secretary tried to resurrect ...
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