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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... nuclear policy - up to then a responsibility at least shared with gener- als inside the military superstate . Gorbachev diminished the political input of the military by dropping the post of minister of defense from the membership of ...
... nuclear policy - up to then a responsibility at least shared with gener- als inside the military superstate . Gorbachev diminished the political input of the military by dropping the post of minister of defense from the membership of ...
Page 197
... nuclear poker with his American opponent . Gorbachev got his wish two months later . He went to the mini- summit meeting in Reykjavík , Iceland , in October 1986 prepared to put all the nuclear chips on the table and call Reagan's bluff ...
... nuclear poker with his American opponent . Gorbachev got his wish two months later . He went to the mini- summit meeting in Reykjavík , Iceland , in October 1986 prepared to put all the nuclear chips on the table and call Reagan's bluff ...
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... nuclear weapons . The presi dent's advisers , in disagreement over how to put the right spin on the signing of the ... nuclear age : ... The two militarily and strategically greatest powers have assumed an obligation to actually destroy ...
... nuclear weapons . The presi dent's advisers , in disagreement over how to put the right spin on the signing of the ... nuclear age : ... The two militarily and strategically greatest powers have assumed an obligation to actually destroy ...
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