Gorbachev: The Man and the System

by Farrar,John

• ISBN13: 9781412807173
• ISBN10: 1412807174
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Gorbachev: The Man and the System portrays Gorbachev's rise to power and his tenure in office against the background of a period of critical change and development in the Soviet system. The research is primarily based on Soviet materials, supplemented and critically compared with a wide range of Western press and academic studies. Both Zemtsov and Farrar bring to the analysis their own experiences, acquired under different circumstances.

Author Biography

Ilya Zemtsov is professor of Russian Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem John H. Farrar was head of the Department of Strategic Studies, IRCCS

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Prologue: Gorbachev's Dilemma	p. ix
Editor's Preface	p. xv
A New Leadership for Old Problems and Future Challenges	p. 1
Internal Politics
Selected Chronology of Significant Internal Developments and Events, March 1985 through June 1987	p. 21
New Wine in Old(?) Bottles: Leadership and Personnel Changes	p. 31
To Build a Better Mousetrap: The Economy	p. 49
Images versus Reality: The Society and the Style	p. 85
Is the Media the Message? Glasnost and the Arts	p. 97
Foreign Policies
Happy Days Can Be Here Again: Relations with the United States and the Industrialized West	p. 105
Selected East-West Chronology	p. 126
Scorpions in a Bottle: Arms Control Policy (Part One)	p. 142
Arms Control Policy (Part Two)-Reykjavik and Beyond: The Pendulum Swings	p. 166
Selected Arms Control Chronology	p. 194
The Burdens and Benefits of Empire: Relations with Eastern Europe	p. 209
Selected Soviet-Eastern European Chronology	p. 219
The "Mongol Hordes": Relations with the People's Republic of China	p. 231
Selected Sino-Soviet Chronology	p. 236
Winning the Hearts and Minds: Relations with the Third World	p. 244
Selected Soviet-Third World Chronology, from March 1985	p. 272
Military Policies
The Metal Eaters: The Armed Forces and Soviet Military Doctrine	p. 315
Conclusions
The Emperor's New Clothes: What the Record Reveals	p. 351
The Past Is but Prologue: Projections for the Future	p. 369
Appendices
Changes in the Council of Ministers, Ministers, and Chairmen of State Committees	p. 386
Politburo and Central Committee Meetings since Gorbachev Became General Secretary, through June 1987	p. 394
Announced Changes in the Diplomatic Corps and Foreign Ministry as Reported in the Soviet Press	p. 423
Bibliography	p. 433
Glossary of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Soviet Terms	p. 445
Index	p. 453
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