Russia and the idea of the West : Gorbachev, intellectuals, and the end of the Cold War /
An intriguing ""intellectual portrait"" of a generation of Soviet reformers, this book is also a fascinating case study of how ideas can change the course of history. In most analyses of the Cold War's end the ideological aspects of Gorbachev's ""new thinking&...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
©2000.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/engl11058 |
| Summary: | An intriguing ""intellectual portrait"" of a generation of Soviet reformers, this book is also a fascinating case study of how ideas can change the course of history. In most analyses of the Cold War's end the ideological aspects of Gorbachev's ""new thinking"" are treated largely as incidental to the broader considerations of power?as gloss on what was essentially a retreat forced by crisis and decline. Robert English makes a major contribution by demonstrating that Gorbachev's foreign policy was in fact the result of an intellectual revolution. English analyzes the rise of a liberal pol. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 401 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-373) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231504748 9780231504744 0231110588 0231110596 9780231110587 9780231110594 |