The Man who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. GorbachevThe human story of an inner struggle, a struggle that is the culmination of the series of lives Gorbachev has led throughout his career. Presents the first full-scale portrait of this unique figure. |
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Page 140
... Central Committee buildings on and around Staraya Square , a block from the KGB headquarters . Everything about the Central Committee apparat building , the traffic going in and the work prod- uct that comes out , reflects the rigid ...
... Central Committee buildings on and around Staraya Square , a block from the KGB headquarters . Everything about the Central Committee apparat building , the traffic going in and the work prod- uct that comes out , reflects the rigid ...
Page 231
... Central Committee , no one wanted to take any responsibility or initiative ; its members would tell the general secretary whatever they thought he wanted to hear . " Gorbachev can pose questions very sharply , " says an economist who ...
... Central Committee , no one wanted to take any responsibility or initiative ; its members would tell the general secretary whatever they thought he wanted to hear . " Gorbachev can pose questions very sharply , " says an economist who ...
Page 252
... Central Committee to give voters a choice of candidates in local elections , preparing the way for the creeping insurrection by which he would accomplish the purge of old guard Party committees . It was the first of a series of wily ...
... Central Committee to give voters a choice of candidates in local elections , preparing the way for the creeping insurrection by which he would accomplish the purge of old guard Party committees . It was the first of a series of wily ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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