Lewin: Gorbachev Phenomenon - Softcover

Lewin

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ISBN 10: 0520062582 ISBN 13: 9780520062580

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

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The Gorbachev phenomenon is seen as the product of complex developments during the last seventy years--developments that changed the Soviet Union from a primarily agrarian society into an urban, industrial one. Here, for the first time, a noted authority on Soviet society identifies the crucial historical events and social forces that explain Glasnost and political and economic life in the Soviet Union today.

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"In an instructive and highly readable analysis, Lewin pinpoints Gorbachev's main strength as his awareness that all parts of the system--society, party, state, economy--must be reformed simultaneously."--"Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Moshe Lewin is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of several books on Soviet history.

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