{"product_id":"gorbachev-on-my-country-and-the-world-paperback","title":"Gorbachev: On My Country and the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMikhail Gorbachev\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Shriver\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev speaks his mind on a range of subjects concerning Russia's past, present, and future place in the world. Here is Gorbachev on the October Revolution, Gorbachev on the Cold War, and Gorbachev on key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book begins with a look back at 1917. While noting that tsarist Russia was not as backward as it is often portrayed, Gorbachev argues that the Bolshevik Revolution was inevitable and that it did much to modernize Russia. He strongly argues that the Soviet Union had a positive influence on social policy in the West, while maintaining that the development of socialism was cut short by Stalinist totalitarianism. In the next section, Gorbachev considers the fall of the USSR. What were the goals of perestroika? How did such a vast superpower disintegrate so quickly? From the awakening of ethnic tensions, to the inability of democrats to unite, to his own attempts to reform but preserve the union, Gorbachev retraces those fateful days and explains the origins of Russia's present crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Gorbachev does not just train his critical eye on the past. He lays out a blueprint for where Russia needs to go in the next century, suggesting ways to strengthen the federation and achieve meaningful economic and political reforms. In the final section of the book, Gorbachev examines the \"new thinking\" in foreign policy that helped to end the Cold War and shows how such approaches could help resolve a range of current crises, including NATO expansion, the role of the UN, the fate of nuclear weapons, and environmental problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGorbachev: On My Country and the World\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the unique vision of a man who was a powerful actor on the world stage and remains a keen observer of Russia's experience in the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience, as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev offers his rare perspective on a range of subjects concerning Russia's past, present, and future place in the world -- including the October Revolution, the Cold War, and key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin, as well as a range of current crises, including NATO expansion, the role of the UN, the fate of nuclear weapons, and environmental problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991, and President of the Soviet Union, 1988-1991, currently heads the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow and lectures widely. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003ePerestroika and Soviet-American Relations, The Search for a New Beginning: Developing a New Civilization, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe August Coup: The Truth and the Lessons.\u003c\/i\u003eGeorge Shriver has translated and edited many books, including Nikolai Bukharin's \u003ci\u003eHow It All Began: The Prison Novel\u003c\/i\u003e and Roy Medvedev's \u003ci\u003eOn Soviet Dissent, The October Revolution, Let History Judge, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePost-Soviet Russia\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by Columbia).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.01 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611025961267,"sku":"9780231115155","price":37.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cWowZFgyN2lCbGlxaStXS3lEMG9qUT09.webp?v=1761832345","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/gorbachev-on-my-country-and-the-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}