Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-1991

by Anthony D'Agostino

Book Overview

This detailed and scholarly history, based on contemporary and original sources, explains the fall of Soviet Communism by bringing into focus the process of revolution from above. It finds as its cause Gorbachev's relentless political struggle to raise himself above the collective leadership which brought him to power. Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-91 examines: - the impact of the SDI and other US arms programmes of the early 1980s which provided a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134914407X
• ISBN13: 9781349144075
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"