Alexander Yakovlev: The Man Whose Ideas Delivered Russia from Communism

by Richard Pipes

Book Overview

A significant political figure in twentieth-century Russia, Alexander Yakovlev was the intellectual force behind the processes of perestroika (reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) that liberated the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from Communist rule between 1989 and 1991. Yet, until now, not a single full-scale biography has been devoted to him.

In his study of the unsung hero, Richard Pipes seeks to rectify this lacuna and give Yakovlev...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875807488
• ISBN13: 9780875807485
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher