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 90
... socialist system itself might be to blame . " If you listen to him today , " says Gerasimov of Gorbachev , " he says that he thinks the socialist idea is valid , and that his job is to give socialist ideas second breath . " The suave ...
... socialist system itself might be to blame . " If you listen to him today , " says Gerasimov of Gorbachev , " he says that he thinks the socialist idea is valid , and that his job is to give socialist ideas second breath . " The suave ...
Page 268
... Socialist Gorbachev believed , right up until 1990 , that the titanic problems his country faced could be solved by mass psychotherapy . His faith in man as a rational being , eminently improvable , who , given the proper conditions ...
... Socialist Gorbachev believed , right up until 1990 , that the titanic problems his country faced could be solved by mass psychotherapy . His faith in man as a rational being , eminently improvable , who , given the proper conditions ...
Page 271
... socialist ideal — it's a snake pit of hypocrisy . Stretched over this pit of hypocrisy , obscuring the depths of its lies , is only a rainbow of beautiful words and utopian dreams . And this is where Gorbachev's romantic nature comes ...
... socialist ideal — it's a snake pit of hypocrisy . Stretched over this pit of hypocrisy , obscuring the depths of its lies , is only a rainbow of beautiful words and utopian dreams . And this is where Gorbachev's romantic nature comes ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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