On my country and the world mikhail gorbachev, george shriver on amazon. William taubman, a professor emeritus at amherst college, grapples with this dichotomy in his masterly new biography, gorbachev. Mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has presented a new book about his life and times ahead of his 85th birthday the 700page book called gorbachev in life is a collection of. Perestroika, which means restructuring, is mikhail gorbachevs own account of the policies he is currently implementing in the ussr. Our country is undergoing a truly revolutionary upsurge. Mikhail gorbachev releases book of his life world news.
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