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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... reforms had sunk . When they failed to get the United States and others to join them in the bailout , the Germans went ... reform program comes into effect . " A week later the world's seven richest democracies met for an economic summit ...
... reforms had sunk . When they failed to get the United States and others to join them in the bailout , the Germans went ... reform program comes into effect . " A week later the world's seven richest democracies met for an economic summit ...
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... reform . Searching Russian history for a more successful reformist leader , one could point to Alexander II , the liberator of the serfs in 1861 , but not even Alexander II had been as daring as Gorbachev . Despite his reforms ...
... reform . Searching Russian history for a more successful reformist leader , one could point to Alexander II , the liberator of the serfs in 1861 , but not even Alexander II had been as daring as Gorbachev . Despite his reforms ...
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... reform " Gorba- chev talked about could quickly turn a " precrisis " situation into a familiar disaster : mobs of people , unable to buy the essentials of life , taking to the streets and preparing the way for the return of an ...
... reform " Gorba- chev talked about could quickly turn a " precrisis " situation into a familiar disaster : mobs of people , unable to buy the essentials of life , taking to the streets and preparing the way for the return of an ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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