Days of defeat and victory
By: Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Jane Ann Miller ; foreword by Michael McFaul.
Series: Jackson School publications in international studies
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Seattle, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Gaĭdar, E. T.; Politicians -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Russia (Federation) -- Economic policy -- 1991-
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Yegor Gaidar, one of Russia's first post-Soviet prime ministers and principal architect of its historic transformation to a market economy, here presents his account of governing in the tumultuous early 1990s.

Though still in his forties, Gaidar has already played a pivotal role in contemporary Russian political history, championing the cause of dramatic economic reform, aggressive privatization of state enterprises, and painful fiscal discipline in the face of widespread popular resistance."--BOOK JACKET.

"Gaidar remains active in Russian politics, having formed his own political party, Russia's Democratic Choice. In this book, he brings his story through Yeltsin's cliffhanger re-election in 1996, and assesses the still-precarious state of the market reforms and democratic politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-330) and index.