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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 20
Page 63
The suave Golovanov, a comrade in the Komsomol, invited him as a guest to one
of the rare private apartments in Moscow, which his family had managed to hold
onto ever since they had obtained it by being close to the czar. Drinking vodka ...
The suave Golovanov, a comrade in the Komsomol, invited him as a guest to one
of the rare private apartments in Moscow, which his family had managed to hold
onto ever since they had obtained it by being close to the czar. Drinking vodka ...
Page 84
year after Stalin's death," says Golovanov. "I stopped studying law, I just couldn't
do it." He became a journalist. "But I think even Gorbachev was full of doubts. And
today we see how, he tries to build a state based on laws. Not a single leader ...
year after Stalin's death," says Golovanov. "I stopped studying law, I just couldn't
do it." He became a journalist. "But I think even Gorbachev was full of doubts. And
today we see how, he tries to build a state based on laws. Not a single leader ...
Page 352
at the Kremlin, "but the impulse was very strong in him to feel support from his old
friends and classmates," observed Golovanov. They swept him off into the
auditorium where their classes used to be held. The president tried out his old
seat.
at the Kremlin, "but the impulse was very strong in him to feel support from his old
friends and classmates," observed Golovanov. They swept him off into the
auditorium where their classes used to be held. The president tried out his old
seat.
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
Kulak Mania | 35 |
Living with Contradiction | 41 |
Copyright | |
26 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agriculture Alexander Yakovlev ambassador American Andrei Andropov apparat asked Author's interview became believed Boris Yeltsin Brezhnev Bush Central Committee chev chev's classmates Communist party congress cossack dacha deputies Doder and Louise Dusko Doder economic Europe eyes forces foreign Gennady Gerasimov German glasnost Golovanov Gorba Gorlov Ibid Khrushchev Komsomol Kremlin Kulakov kulaks Kvint later leadership Lenin Lieberman Ligachev lived looked mafia Medvedev ment Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Mikhailova military million minister Misha Mlynar Moscow Nadezhda Mikhailova never nuclear official Party boss peasant perestroika Politburo political president Privolnoye Radio Liberty Radio Liberty research Raisa Raisa Gorbachev Reagan reform republics revolution rubles Russian Sakharov says secretary Sergei Shevardnadze Shishlin social society Soviet leader Soviet Union speech Stalin Stavropol Suslov talk Thatcher tion told took turned wanted West Western writers York young Zhores Medvedev
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man Who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev |
| Author | Gail Sheehy |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060165472, 9780060165475 |
| Length | 401 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |