In the early days of Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet
Union, an international group of U.S. and Japanese authorities
probed the issues and forces that shaped a mammoth struggle within
the Soviet Union. This book examines Gorbachev's reforms--the
extent of their dramatic changes and the sobering evidence of their
limits. The contributors' assessments range from wonder at the new
atmosphere and expressive possibilities, to recognition of the
reforms' reversibility, increasing difficulty, and the long road
ahead. This is a fascinating contemporary review of factors that
led to the demise of the Soviet Union only a few years later.
"Perestroika," the transformation of Soviet society and economic
relations, epitomized Gorbachev's remedy for the ailing Soviet
economy, which developed into a redefinition of Soviet socialism.
Gorbachev emphasized that the success of reform depended not only
on the technology and money, but also to succeed the reforms must
overcome Stalin's legacy of bureaucratic centralism and enlist the
creative energies of the Soviet people.
This volume explains why the strength and nature of the reform
coalition and anti-reform opposition, the limits and prospects of
reform, and the compatibility of decentralizing reforms within the
centralized one-party Soviet system and the implications of reforms
for Soviet relations with the rest of the world.
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