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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