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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... gave me another entrée , and so it went . Ultimately , I was able to interview all six of Gorbachev's closest friends from his university days . Usually Russians and Americans get on quickly and well . At first , I was constantly ...
... gave me another entrée , and so it went . Ultimately , I was able to interview all six of Gorbachev's closest friends from his university days . Usually Russians and Americans get on quickly and well . At first , I was constantly ...
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... gave Gorbachev's generation its nickname : the Shestdesyatniki , or Sixtiers . For Gorbachev , there was also a personal catharsis of the family shame he had carried secretly since 1937 , although it still was not possible for him to ...
... gave Gorbachev's generation its nickname : the Shestdesyatniki , or Sixtiers . For Gorbachev , there was also a personal catharsis of the family shame he had carried secretly since 1937 , although it still was not possible for him to ...
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... gave Gorbachev only a fleeting chance to formulate his image of what the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should look like domestically in the twenty - first century , what kind of new economic deal and common ideology could bind so ...
... gave Gorbachev only a fleeting chance to formulate his image of what the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should look like domestically in the twenty - first century , what kind of new economic deal and common ideology could bind so ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
III | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
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