William Taubman
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 852 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.
"When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR. was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal policies of perestroika and glasnost had permanently transformed Soviet Communism....
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 876 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world. His life and career mirror the Soviet experience: revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization,...
