1st Edition

The Gorbachev Regime Consolidation to Reform

By Hiroshi Kimura Copyright 1988
201 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

199 Pages
by Routledge

In the early days of Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet Union, an international group of U.S. and Japanese authorities probed the issues and forces that shaped a mammoth struggle within the Soviet Union. This book examines Gorbachev's reforms--the extent of their dramatic changes and the sobering evidence of their limits. The contributors' assessments range from wonder at the new atmosphere... Read more
1: Gorbachev’s Agenda: Domestic Reforms and Foreign Policy Reassessments; 2: Prospects for Perestroika: New Goals, Old Interests; 3: Ideology and Reform; 4: The Reform Movement: Power, Ideology, and Intellectuals; 5: Gorbachev’s Economic Reforms; 6: Gorbachev’s Foreign Policy and the “New Political Thinking” in the Soviet Union; 7: Gorbachev, The New Thinking of Soviet Foreign-Security Policy and the Military: Recent Trends and Implications; 8: Gorbachev’s “New Thinking” and the Asian-Pacific Region

Biography

Hiroshi Kimura