TY  - GEN
T1  - Russia and the idea of the West : Gorbachev, intellectuals, and the end of the Cold War
A1  - English, Robert (Robert D.)
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm51542875
AB  - 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.
OP  - 401
CN  - DK274 .E54 2000eb
SN  - 0231504748
SN  - 9780231504744
SN  - 0231110588
SN  - 0231110596
SN  - 9780231110587
SN  - 9780231110594
KW  - Soviet Union : Politics and government : 1953-1985 : Philosophy.
KW  - Soviet Union : Politics and government : 1985-1991 : Philosophy.
KW  - Intellectuals : Political activity : Soviet Union.
KW  - Soviet Union : Relations : United States.
KW  - United States : Relations : Soviet Union.
KW  - Soviet Union : Relations : Europe.
KW  - Europe : Relations : Soviet Union.
KW  - URSS : Politique et gouvernement : 1953-1985 : Philosophie.
KW  - URSS : Politique et gouvernement : 1985-1991 : Philosophie.
KW  - Intellectuels : Activité politique : URSS.
KW  - Europe : Relations : URSS.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Globalization.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : International Relations : General.
KW  - Intellectuals : Political activity
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - International relations
KW  - Europe
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - United States
KW  - Politieke ontwikkeling.
KW  - Koude Oorlog.
KW  - Transformatie.
KW  - Intellectuelen.
KW  - Rusland.
KW  - 1953-1991
ER  -