Gorbachev : His Life and Times
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi Simon & Schuster 2017Edition: First editionDescription: xxv, 852p. illISBN: 9781471147951 (pbk)Subject(s): Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography | GeneralCurrent library | Home library | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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IMSc Library | IMSc Library | 82-94 TAU (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 76298 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 785-804) and index.
Introduction: "Gorbachev is hard to understand" -- Childhood, boyhood, and youth: 1931-1949 -- Moscow State University: 1950-1955 -- Climbing the ladder: 1955-1968 -- Regional party boss: 1969-1978 -- Return to Moscow: 1978-1985 -- What is to be done? 1985-1986 -- Onto the world stage: March 1985-December 1986 -- Two scorpions in a bottle: 1987 -- Who's afraid of Nina Andreyeva? 1988 -- Before the storm: 1987-1988 -- Summits galore: 1987-1988 -- 1989: triumph and trouble at home -- 1989: triumph and trouble abroad -- Coming apart? 1990 -- Coming together? 1990 -- To the coup: January-August 1991 -- The coup: August 1991 -- Final days: August-December 1991 -- Out of power: 1992-2016 -- Conclusion: understanding Gorbachev.
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