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Conversations with Gorbachev : on Perestroika, the Prague spring, and the crossroads of socialism.

Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynar were friends for half a century, since they first crossed paths as students in 1950. Although one was a Russian and the other a Czech, they were both ardent supporters of communism and socialism. One took part in laying the groundwork for and carrying out the Prag...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gorbachev, Mikhail
Autres auteurs: Mlynář, Zdeněk, Shriver, George
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
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Table des matières:
  • Introduction; Translator's Note; Author's Preface; CONVERSATION ONE: The Criss-Crossing of our Paths; 1. Student Communists; 2. New Hopes and New Disappointments; 3. Twenty Years, Divergent Paths; CONVERSATION TWO: How We Sought to Reinvigorate Socialism; 1 .The Prague Spring and its Defeat; 2. More Democracy, More Socialism; 3. Freedom of Choice Either Exists or It Doesn't; 4. An Airplane Took Off, Not Knowing Where It Would Land; 5. What to Do With the Party?; 6. Can the Use of Force ""Save Socialism""?; CONVERSATION THREE: There's Only One World.
  • 1. Breaking Out of the Dead End of the Cold War2. Socialism is Alive as a World Process; 3. At a Crossroads of Civilization; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS The Conscience of the Reformer; Index.