Alexander Yakovlev : the man whose ideas delivered Russia from Communism /
Pipes, Richard,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.
Youth -- War -- Khrushchev's speech -- Columbia University -- Trouble -- Canada -- Back home -- The December 1985 Memorandum -- Relations with Gorbachev -- Glasnost' -- Need of a fundamental break -- Role in foreign policy -- The 1939 Secret Protocol -- Attitude toward the United States -- Advocating presidency -- Accusations of treason -- Bolshevik crimes -- Dissolution of the Soviet Union -- Private life -- The August 1991 Coup -- Yakovlev's final thoughts about Russia and Russians -- Death.
I︠A︡kovlev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1923-2005.
Statesmen