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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... tion in a society dedicated for the last seventy years to eradicating such distinctions . What is more , she admits , “ he didn't try to catch girls . He was totally indifferent . " Mikhailova was accustomed to impassioned Great Russian ...
... tion in a society dedicated for the last seventy years to eradicating such distinctions . What is more , she admits , “ he didn't try to catch girls . He was totally indifferent . " Mikhailova was accustomed to impassioned Great Russian ...
Page 181
... tion . Gorbachev was determined to turn this situation around . And the military , eager to modernize its systems and operations , ap- proved - at first . What many generals did not grasp is that this would involve a retrenchment on ...
... tion . Gorbachev was determined to turn this situation around . And the military , eager to modernize its systems and operations , ap- proved - at first . What many generals did not grasp is that this would involve a retrenchment on ...
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... tion , and , as honorary chairman of the board of the Cultural Founda- tion of the USSR , she is devoted to recovering lost cultural artifacts from Russia's Europeanized past . Both Gorbachevs have been known to slip and identify ...
... tion , and , as honorary chairman of the board of the Cultural Founda- tion of the USSR , she is devoted to recovering lost cultural artifacts from Russia's Europeanized past . Both Gorbachevs have been known to slip and identify ...
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