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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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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