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Mikhail Gorbachev and the End of Soviet Power

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. John Miller

    1. La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. An Outline of the Soviet System

    • John Miller
    Pages 1-20

  3. What went Wrong under Brezhnev?

    • John Miller
    Pages 21-37

  4. Events since Brezhnev

    • John Miller
    Pages 38-52

  5. The Making of Gorbachev

    • John Miller
    Pages 53-74

  6. Objectives, Agenda, Strategy

    • John Miller
    Pages 75-89

  7. Glasnost’ and Interest Groups

    • John Miller
    Pages 90-108

  8. Perestroika and Political Institutions

    • John Miller
    Pages 109-126

  9. Gorbachev and the CPSU

    • John Miller
    Pages 127-150

  10. Society and Politics under the Presidency

    • John Miller
    Pages 151-165

  11. The August Coup

    • John Miller
    Pages 166-182

  12. The Union Treaty

    • John Miller
    Pages 183-200

  13. Reflections: Gorbachev, Communism and Reform

    • John Miller
    Pages 201-209

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 210-267
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One of the first studies of the full career of M S Gorbachev as Soviet leader, this book traces his seven-year struggle to reform the Soviet system and his failure to preserve it. Mr Miller analyses characteristics of Gorbachev that puzzled the West - his reformist gradualism, his relationship to the Communist party, his attitudes to communism, revolution, democracy and nationalism - and explores their role in the collapse of Soviet power.

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  • La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    John Miller

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