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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... turned out to be a bold reformer . Brezhnev , too , was underestimated , described as merely a " grey - face bureau- crat . " For his first nine years as Soviet leader the betting was he'd be thrown over by the ambitious young Stalinist ...
... turned out to be a bold reformer . Brezhnev , too , was underestimated , described as merely a " grey - face bureau- crat . " For his first nine years as Soviet leader the betting was he'd be thrown over by the ambitious young Stalinist ...
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... turned and left his comrades speechless . The puritanical true believer had shown his first disillu- sionment with the reality of class privilege that lay behind the facade of socialist equality . There was one other time when Gorbachev ...
... turned and left his comrades speechless . The puritanical true believer had shown his first disillu- sionment with the reality of class privilege that lay behind the facade of socialist equality . There was one other time when Gorbachev ...
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... turned to an aide . " What do you think if I wrote this recommendation into the proposal ? " Then he answered his own question : He couldn't support their proposal to dilute the authority of the ministries - the inside levers of the ...
... turned to an aide . " What do you think if I wrote this recommendation into the proposal ? " Then he answered his own question : He couldn't support their proposal to dilute the authority of the ministries - the inside levers of the ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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