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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... speech ; only free speech , constitutionally guaranteed , is free speech . ) Gorbachev has never had to answer for his policies the way leaders do in a real political campaign , much less face the test of an open election and a sophis ...
... speech ; only free speech , constitutionally guaranteed , is free speech . ) Gorbachev has never had to answer for his policies the way leaders do in a real political campaign , much less face the test of an open election and a sophis ...
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... speech at the Twen- tieth Party Congress that split open the Stalin cult of personality . After the congress in Moscow , the speech was read to Gorbachev and other Party members by the Stavropol territorial Party Committee , allowing ...
... speech at the Twen- tieth Party Congress that split open the Stalin cult of personality . After the congress in Moscow , the speech was read to Gorbachev and other Party members by the Stavropol territorial Party Committee , allowing ...
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... speech in the Palace of Congresses , Gorbachev compromised himself . Bowing to the conservative criticisms of his speech draft , he represented Stalin's forced collectivization and accelerated industri- alization as " necessary ...
... speech in the Palace of Congresses , Gorbachev compromised himself . Bowing to the conservative criticisms of his speech draft , he represented Stalin's forced collectivization and accelerated industri- alization as " necessary ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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