Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich (12 results)

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Mass market paperback in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Contains [x], 459 pp. Tanning to the page margins and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN & SOVIET HISTORY.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition 2nd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. NEW, UPDATED EDITION. SUB-TITLE: A Cornelia & Michael Bessie Book. BOOK NUMBER: PL 1528. CONTENTS: Preface to the New Edition; To the Reader; PART ONE PERESTROIKA; Chapter 1 Perestroika: Origins, Essence, Revolutionary Character; Chapter 2 Perestroika Gets Under Way: The First Conclusions; PART TWO NEW THINKING AND THE WORLD; Chapter 3 How We See the World of Today; Chapter 4 Restructuring in the USSR and the Socialist World; Chapter 5 The Third World in the International Community; Chapter 6 Europe in Soviet Foreign Policy; Chapter 7 Problems of Disarmament and USSR-USA Relations; Conclusion; PART THREE PERESTROIKA: THE NEXT PHASE; Chapter 8: Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev at the Closing of the Conference (July 1, 1988); Resolutions of the 19th All-Union Conference of the CPSU. SYNOPSIS: "The purpose of this book," says its author, "is to talk without intermediaries to the citizens of the whole world about things that, without exception, concern us all . . . I am convinced that they, like me, worry about the future of our planet." Perestroika, which means restructuring, is Mikhail Gorbachev's own account of the revolution he is presently implementing in the U.S.S.R. Seventy years after the October Revolution, it constitutes real changes in attitudes, in ideas and in practice that entail a radical alteration of both domestic and foreign policy. Perestroika is the next stage in socialist history, when greater responsibility is delegated to the people, and initiative, openness and a spirit of emulation are strongly encouraged through a real sense of personal involvement. It is an unprecedented blueprint for change that can only have profound implications for the world. Frank in his criticism of the past, trenchant in his recommendations for the present, the General Secretary is unswerving in his conviction that the needs of the world are inseparable from those of his country. For, in the search for a "nuclear-free, non-violent world," restructuring must be a global affair, and involve furthering the cause of understanding and tolerance. "The state and peoples of the earth are very different, and it is good that they are so." Eloquently, forcefully, passionately, Mikhail Gorbachev shows the reader the world as he sees it. He sheds new light on the problems of arms reduction and international affairs, and gives a fascinating inside view of Geneva and Reykjavik. This book is a historic document of major proportions. A world leader, in office, has addressed the citizens of the entire world. In a day of mass media, Gorbachev has written the world a long letter. "It is not easy to change the approaches on which East-West relations have been built for fifty years. But the new is knocking at every door and window." Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in the village of Privolnoe in the Stavropol Territory (Southern Russia). Since March 1985 he has been General Secretary of the CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union) Central Committee, Chairman of the USSR Council of Defense and Member of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (the Soviet Parliament), having joined the Communist Party in 1952. He graduated from the Law Department of Moscow State University in 1955 and from the Stavropol Agricultural Institute in 1967. At the age of fifteen he began work as a harvester operator. In the mid-fifties he was a leader of the Stavropol Komsomol, being Secretary of the City Komsomol Committee and later Secretary to the Territory Komsomol Committee. In 1966 he became Secretary of the Stavropol City Committee of the CPSU and later First Secretary of the Stavropol Territory Committee of the CPSU. In 1970 he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In 1971 he was elected a Member of the CPSU Central Committee at the 24th Congress of the CPSU, and in 1978 he was elected Secretary of the CPSU Cent.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition 1st Printing. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Cornelia & Michael Bessie Book. BOOK NUMBER: 1187. CONTENTS: To the Reader; PART ONE PERESTROIKA; Chapter 1 Perestroika: Origins, Essence, Revolutionary Character; Chapter 2 Perestroika Gets Under Way: The First Conclusions; PART TWO NEW THINKING AND THE WORLD; Chapter 3 How We See the World of Today; Chapter 4 Restructuring in the USSR and the Socialist World; Chapter 5 The Third World in the International Community; Chapter 6 Europe in Soviet Foreign Policy; Chapter 7 Problems of Disarmament and USSR-USA Relations; Conclusion. SYNOPSIS: "The purpose of this book," says its author, "is to talk without intermediaries to the citizens of the whole world about things that, without exception, concern us all . . . I am convinced that they, like me, worry about the future of our planet." Perestroika, which means restructuring, is Mikhail Gorbachev's own account of the revolution he is presently implementing in the U.S.S.R. Seventy years after the October Revolution, it constitutes real changes in attitudes, in ideas and in practice that entail a radical alteration of both domestic and foreign policy. Perestroika is the next stage in socialist history, when greater responsibility is delegated to the people, and initiative, openness and a spirit of emulation are strongly encouraged through a real sense of personal involvement. It is an unprecedented blueprint for change that can only have profound implications for the world. Frank in his criticism of the past, trenchant in his recommendations for the present, the General Secretary is unswerving in his conviction that the needs of the world are inseparable from those of his country. For, in the search for a "nuclear-free, non-violent world," restructuring must be a global affair, and involve furthering the cause of understanding and tolerance. "The state and peoples of the earth are very different, and it is good that they are so." Eloquently, forcefully, passionately, Mikhail Gorbachev shows the reader the world as he sees it. He sheds new light on the problems of arms reduction and international affairs, and gives a fascinating inside view of Geneva and Reykjavik. This book is a historic document of major proportions. A world leader, in office, has addressed the citizens of the entire world. In a day of mass media, Gorbachev has written the world a long letter. "It is not easy to change the approaches on which East-West relations have been built for fifty years. But the new is knocking at every door and window." Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in the village of Privolnoe in the Stavropol Territory (Southern Russia). Since March 1985 he has been General Secretary of the CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union) Central Committee, Chairman of the USSR Council of Defense and Member of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (the Soviet Parliament), having joined the Communist Party in 1952. He graduated from the Law Department of Moscow State University in 1955 and from the Stavropol Agricultural Institute in 1967. At the age of fifteen he began work as a harvester operator. In the mid-fifties he was a leader of the Stavropol Komsomol, being Secretary of the City Komsomol Committee and later Secretary to the Territory Komsomol Committee. In 1966 he became Secretary of the Stavropol City Committee of the CPSU and later First Secretary of the Stavropol Territory Committee of the CPSU. In 1970 he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In 1971 he was elected a Member of the CPSU Central Committee at the 24th Congress of the CPSU, and in 1978 he was elected Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee a the Plenary Meeting of the CPSU Central Committee. He moved to Moscow at this time. He became an Alternate Member of the Politburo in 1979, and has been a.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. This is the Russian 1st edition in Russian. Book.

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