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Gorbachev’s Revolution, 1985–1991

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  • © 1998

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  1. Anthony D’Agostino
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. A Gorbachev Epiphany?

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Old Regime of the Soviet Communists: Foreign Policy in the Cold War

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 11-48

  4. Hero of the Harvest

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 49-76

  5. ‘Acceleration of the Perfection’, 1985–87

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 77-99

  6. Gorbachev Bound: The Emergence of the Ligachev Opposition

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 100-125

  7. The Thought of Mikhail Gorbachev: A Treatise and a Speech

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 126-147

  8. Between Yeltsin and Ligachev

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 148-173

  9. Another Escape Forward, 1988

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 174-197

  10. Dropping the Pilot: Gorbachev Retires Gromyko

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 198-218

  11. 1989: The Year of Anger and Remembering

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 219-259

  12. From the Wall to Stavropol: Gorbachev’s German Policy

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 260-279

  13. The Second Russian Revolution Gathers

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 280-305

  14. From the Coup to the End

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 306-338

  15. Conclusion: Utopia and Repentance

    • Anthony D’Agostino
    Pages 339-355

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 356-384
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This detailed and scholarly history, based on contemporary and original sources, explains the fall of Soviet Communism by bringing into focus the process of revolution from above. It finds as its cause Gorbachev's relentless political struggle to raise himself above the collective leadership which brought him to power. Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-91 examines: · the impact of the SDI and other US arms programmes of the early 1980s which provided a stimulus for both Gorbachev's domestic reforms and his arms control initiatives · Perestroika, originally intended to show the world that a new Soviet foreign policy was based on real changes in Soviet society, however, Gorbachev launched its most radical measures in order to get an edge on his Politburo critics · Glasnost, originally meant to be a strictly controlled process furnishing an argument for piecemeal economic reforms This multi-faceted volume provides a wide-ranging and revisionist analysis of this fascinating and influential period in Soviet and international history.

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