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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... Foreign Office diplomat after watching Gorbachev in action . " Even when he scowls , you know where you stand . ” And , the British marveled , he was so astonishingly , well , like us . He set off to be fitted for conservative Savile ...
... Foreign Office diplomat after watching Gorbachev in action . " Even when he scowls , you know where you stand . ” And , the British marveled , he was so astonishingly , well , like us . He set off to be fitted for conservative Savile ...
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... foreign minister as " following a very Christian altruistic approach to the world . " Not always . Shevardnadze , like Gorbachev , had made his share of dissembling speeches that helped him thrive in the moral waste- land of the ...
... foreign minister as " following a very Christian altruistic approach to the world . " Not always . Shevardnadze , like Gorbachev , had made his share of dissembling speeches that helped him thrive in the moral waste- land of the ...
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... Foreign Ministry , 175 Foreign Policy Research Institute , 212 " Four freedoms , " 211 France , 100 , 160 , 200 , 216 , 225 , 328 Communist party of , 100 de Gaulle's image of , 249 opposes German unification , 224 in World War II , 204 ...
... Foreign Ministry , 175 Foreign Policy Research Institute , 212 " Four freedoms , " 211 France , 100 , 160 , 200 , 216 , 225 , 328 Communist party of , 100 de Gaulle's image of , 249 opposes German unification , 224 in World War II , 204 ...
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COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
III | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
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