Gorbachev's revolution
By: Anthony D'Agostino.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991
Description: Gorbachev's Revolution argues persuasively that the end of Communism was never the goal of the Soviet leader but rather the unintended result of an intense and many-faceted struggle for power. Anthony D'Agostino demonstrates that the pervasive image of stable in-system reform in fact ignored evidence from history. Succession struggles in the U.S.S.R. were generally wars of ideas in which the victors got their way by challenging their opponents' interpretations of the past.

Through political memoirs, newspaper accounts, and historical documents, Gorbachev's Revolution provides a timely reminder that revolutionaries change the world not only according to their own designs but also according to the world's designs on them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-379) and index.