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Title	Gorbachev : his life and times / William Taubman.
Author	Taubman, William,
Publication Info.	London : Simon & Schuster, A CBS Company, 2017.
Description	xxv, 852 pages : illustrations, ports. 25 cm
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ISBN	1471147967 (hardback)
	9781471147968 (hardback)
	147115758X (Trade paperback)
	9781471157585 (Trade paperback)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [785]-804) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- "Gorbachev is hard to understand" -- Childhood, boyhood, and youth : 1931-1949 -- Moscow State University : 1950-1955 -- Climbing the ladder : 1955-1968 -- Regional party boss : 1969-1978 -- Return to Moscow : 1978-1985 -- What is to be done? : 1985-1986 -- Onto the world stage : March 1985 - December 1986 -- Two scorpions in a bottle : 1987 -- Who's afraid of Nina Andreyeva? : 1988 -- Before the storm : 1987-1988 -- Summits galore : 1987-1988 -- 1989 : triumph and trouble at home -- 1989 : triumph and trouble abroad -- Coming apart? : 1990 -- Coming together? : 1990 -- To the coup : January-August 1991 -- The coup : August 1991 -- Final days : August-December 1991 -- Out of power : 1992-2016 -- Conclusion : understanding Gorbachev.
Summary	"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and his Era comes the definitive volume on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25th December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022
	Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
	Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.
	Biography.
OCLC/Vendor #	982415473

ISBN	1471147967 (hardback)
	9781471147968 (hardback)
	147115758X (Trade paperback)
	9781471157585 (Trade paperback)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [785]-804) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- "Gorbachev is hard to understand" -- Childhood, boyhood, and youth : 1931-1949 -- Moscow State University : 1950-1955 -- Climbing the ladder : 1955-1968 -- Regional party boss : 1969-1978 -- Return to Moscow : 1978-1985 -- What is to be done? : 1985-1986 -- Onto the world stage : March 1985 - December 1986 -- Two scorpions in a bottle : 1987 -- Who's afraid of Nina Andreyeva? : 1988 -- Before the storm : 1987-1988 -- Summits galore : 1987-1988 -- 1989 : triumph and trouble at home -- 1989 : triumph and trouble abroad -- Coming apart? : 1990 -- Coming together? : 1990 -- To the coup : January-August 1991 -- The coup : August 1991 -- Final days : August-December 1991 -- Out of power : 1992-2016 -- Conclusion : understanding Gorbachev.
Summary	"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and his Era comes the definitive volume on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25th December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022
	Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
	Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.
	Biography.
OCLC/Vendor #	982415473