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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... revolution through the man . The theory in my book Pas- sages is that each of us develops throughout adulthood by ... revolution when he freed the serfs in 1861. And a case is made by some historians that out of the chaos of war and ...
... revolution through the man . The theory in my book Pas- sages is that each of us develops throughout adulthood by ... revolution when he freed the serfs in 1861. And a case is made by some historians that out of the chaos of war and ...
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... revolution from below leapt forward , with spasms of violence on the periphery and a youthquake of ig- nored thirty- and forty - year - olds flexing their political muscles in the cities , Gorbachev fell further and further behind the ...
... revolution from below leapt forward , with spasms of violence on the periphery and a youthquake of ig- nored thirty- and forty - year - olds flexing their political muscles in the cities , Gorbachev fell further and further behind the ...
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... Revolution If after all the personal power he had accumulated he could still appreciate the powerful and dark currents that move the river of history , Mikhail Sergeyevich must have known by then that he could not complete his revolution ...
... Revolution If after all the personal power he had accumulated he could still appreciate the powerful and dark currents that move the river of history , Mikhail Sergeyevich must have known by then that he could not complete his revolution ...
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COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
III | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
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