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Seven Years that Changed the World - Perestroika in Perspective (Hardcover)
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Seven Years that Changed the World - Perestroika in Perspective (Hardcover)
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This book is a rigorously argued and lively interpretation of the
transformation of the Soviet system, the disintegration of the
Soviet state, the end of the Cold War, and the role of Mikhail
Gorbachev. Written by a leading authority on Soviet politics, this
thoroughly researched book draws on new archival sources and puts
perestroika in fresh perspective.
Perestroika began as an attempt by a minority within the
leadership of the Communist Party to reform the Soviet system. The
decisive role was played by the new General Secretary, Mikhail
Gorbachev. Perestroika (reconstruction) developed into an attempt
to move from Communism to competitive elections and a market
economy of a social democratic type. This 'revolution from above'
had profound consequences, both intended and unintended. The latter
included the dissolution of the Soviet state. Four of the ten
chapters were written in 'real time'--in the second half of the
1980s while perestroika was still underway. The other six chapters
provide an up-to-date discussion of such important issues as the
stimuli to perestroika, its intellectual origins and development,
its influence on other countries and their influence on
developments in the Soviet Union, and the ending of the Cold War.
Archie Brown takes issue with a number of popular interpretations
of perestroika--and of the end of the Cold War--and draws on new
archival sources in a book which is both clearly and vigorously
argued and well documented.
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