Table of Contents

The Decay of the Soviet Union Yurii Andropov and the Rise of Mikhail Gorbachev Electing Gorbachev Gorbachev the Technocrat: Uskoreniye and the Attempt to Modernise Gorbachev the Reformer: Glasnost' and Perestroika Gorbachev the Gambler: Democratisation Gorbachev the Revolutionary: the End of the Soviet Union Appendices Chronology Gallery of Main Characters Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading Index Map.

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'The text is clear and easy to read and the select bibliography at the end of each chapter provides a good guide to the most pertinent literature in the field.' - Laura Richards Cleary, Political Studies Springer Book Archives

About the Author

MARK GALEOTTI is Lecturerer in International History at the University of Keele, UK

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'The text is clear and easy to read and the select bibliography at the end of each chapter provides a good guide to the most pertinent literature in the field.' - Laura Richards Cleary, Political Studies