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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... later hear his grandmother's hushed and anguished stories about that terrible night . In 1987 , he report- edly confided to editors of the Italian Communist party newspaper , L'Unità , that he'd choked back tears when he saw a similar ...
... later hear his grandmother's hushed and anguished stories about that terrible night . In 1987 , he report- edly confided to editors of the Italian Communist party newspaper , L'Unità , that he'd choked back tears when he saw a similar ...
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... ( Later admitting he had praised the Party leadership in those years , a tearful Shevardnadze told his critics at the July 1990 Party Congress , “ This question is painful for me . " ) But like his new boss he worked nonstop , becoming ...
... ( Later admitting he had praised the Party leadership in those years , a tearful Shevardnadze told his critics at the July 1990 Party Congress , “ This question is painful for me . " ) But like his new boss he worked nonstop , becoming ...
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... later . " I thought his pragmatism and natural intuition would be enough to tell him that the time had come to tackle the bureaucracy head - on . . . " Impetuously , Gorbachev shut off discussion and stormed out of the room , leaving ...
... later . " I thought his pragmatism and natural intuition would be enough to tell him that the time had come to tackle the bureaucracy head - on . . . " Impetuously , Gorbachev shut off discussion and stormed out of the room , leaving ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
III | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
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