Discover a profound exploration of one of history's pivotal moments with *Gorbachev's Gamble*. This enlightening book delves into the intricate relationship between Soviet internal reforms and foreign policy during Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership. With comprehensive insights from Andrei Grachev — who was a key figure in this historic period — readers can gain an in-depth understanding of perestroika and its global implications. The book uniquely combines exclusive interviews with top Soviet leaders, personal diaries, and behind-the-scenes discussions that shaped momentous events such as the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. Spanning 240 pages, this 2019 publication by John Wiley & Sons is not just a chronicle but a detailed political confession from a generation of decision-makers, reflecting on their hopes, struggles, and the political climate of the time. Ideal for students, historians, and anyone interested in Cold War politics, *Gorbachev's Gamble* is a must-read for understanding the transformative changes that reshaped the global landscape at the close of the 20th century. Order now with free shipping and enjoy a deep dive into a monumental era of world history. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9780745643465.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745643465
Year: 2019
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 240


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Gorbachev™s Gamble offers a new and more convincing answer to this question by providing the missing link between the internal and external aspects of Gorbachev™s perestroika. Andrei Grachev shows that the radical transformation of Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev years was an integral part of an ambitious project of internal democratic reform and of the historic opening of Soviet society to the outside world Grachev explains the motives and the intentions of the initiators of this project and describes their hopes and their illusions. He recounts the story of the internal debates and struggles in the Kremlin and behind-the-scene decisions that led to the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the break-up of the Warsaw Pact and eventually the demise of the Soviet Union itself The book is based on exclusive interviews with the leaders of the Soviet Union including Gorbachev, personal notes and diaries of their assistants and advisers and transcripts of the discussions inside the Politburo and Secretariat of the Central Committee. Together they constitute a multi-voice political confession of a whole generation of decision-makers of the Soviet Union that enables us better to understand the origin and the breathtaking trajectory of the events that led to the end of the Cold War and the unprecedented transformation of world politics in the closing decades of the 20th century.