Gorbachev
Subtitle: his life and times
By: William Taubman
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 852
ISBN-13: 9780393647013
Subjects: Politics and government; Heads of state; Biography
Description: A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 785-804) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Gorbachev is hard to understand"; title: Childhood, boyhood, and youth: 1931-1949; title: Moscow State University: 1950-1955; title: Climbing the ladder: 1955-1969; title: Regional party boss: 1969-1978; title: Return to Moscow: 1978-1985; title: What is to be done? 1985-1986; title: Onto the world stage: March 1985-December 1986; title: Two scorpions in a bottle: 1987; title: Who's afraid of Nina Andreyeva? 1988; title: Before the storm: 1987-1988; title: Summits galore: 1987-1988; title: 1989: triumph and trouble at home; title: 1989: triumph and trouble abroad; title: Coming apart? 1990; title: Coming together? 1990; title: To the coup: January-August 1991; title: The coup: August 1991; title: Final days: August-December 1991; title: Out of power: 1991-2000; title: Conclusion: understanding Gorbachev.