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Seven years that changed the world : perestroika in perspective /

A rigorously argued and lively interpretation of the transformation of the Soviet system, written by a leading authority on Soviet politics. This thoroughly researched book draws on new archival sources and puts perestroika in fresh perspective. - ;A rigorously argued and lively interpretation of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Archie, 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Glossary and abbreviations
  • pt. 1
  • 1. Introduction
  • pt. 2
  • 2. Gorbachev : new man in the Kremlin
  • 3. The first phase of Soviet reform, 1985-6
  • 4. Fundamental political change, 1987-9
  • 5. Reconstructing the Soviet political system
  • pt. 3
  • 6. Institutional amphibiousness or civil society? The origins and development of Perestroika
  • 7. The dismantling of the system and the disintegration of the state
  • 8. Transnational influences in the transition from communism
  • 9. Ending the Cold War
  • 10. Gorbachev and his era in perspective
  • Index.