By turns radical, uncertain, ambitious, and autocratic, Mikhail Gorbachev in his bid to reform the Soviet Union has shaped the contemporary world. In 1985, he set out to modernize the Soviet state and revive his Communist Party. Instead, by the end of 1991, the USSR had fragmented and the Party was banned. Institutions which had survived for 70 years, notwithstanding Stalin's murderous purges and the Nazi war machine, proved unable to survive his well-meant reforms. This is a concise and lively introduction to the man and his times, setting them in the context of a decaying and ramshackle empire and an ideology long since betrayed by its professed followers. Simply and clearly, it follows Gorbachev's increasingly desperate attempts to control the forces he unleashed and hold together a state whose days were over. Ultimately, Gorbachev failed yet, as this study concludes, from his revolution arose an historic opportunity to redefine Russia's place in the world and break with a centuries-long autocratic tradition.

Gorbachev and His Revolution

Politics & Social Sciences

Mark Galeotti

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Details the New Europe, including the European Community, Life and Roles in Euro; and general playing the Eurostyle way.

Eurosource: The Euro Theatre Sourcebook for Cyberpunk

Computers & Technology

Business Technology

R. Talsorian

Danger &amp; Death on a Euro-Rock Tour. A 6-part adventure book.

Cyberpunk 2020: Eurotour

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Magnus Seter

Jean-Michael Seter

Gaming

R. Talsorian Games

A Library Journal 2020 Title to Watch Russia's epic and dramatic history told in an accessible, lively and short form, from Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin via Catherine the Great, the Russian Revolution and the fall of the USSR. Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnic group, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it has been subject to invasion by outsiders, from Vikings to Mongols, from Napoleon's French to Hitler's Germans. In order to forge an identity, it has mythologized its past to unite its people and to signal strength to outsiders. In A Short History of Russia, Mark Galeotti explores the history of this fascinating, glorious, desperate and exasperating country through two intertwined issues: the way successive influences from beyond its borders have shaped Russia, and the way Russians came to terms with this influence, writing and rewriting their past to understand their present and try to influence their future. In turn, this self-invented history has come to affect not just their constant nation-building project but also their relations with the world.

A Short History of Russia: How the Worlds Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

History

Russia

Harlequin Audio and Blackstone Publishing

Afghanistan

Taylor&Francis

Russia’s Wars in Chechnya

Bloomsbury UK

Forged in War

Homo Criminalis

Ebury Press

Homo Criminalis: A criminal history of humanity

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