This volume provides a detailed chronological record of political, social, and economic developments in the Soviet Union during the pivotal year of 1989. Compiled from a wide range of official documents, news reports, and archival materials, the book traces major reforms, internal conflicts, institutional changes, and public movements that accelerated the disintegration of the Soviet system. It…
This book contains Mikhail Gorbachev's main ideas on Perestroika, a program of political, economic, and social reform launched to improve the Soviet system in the mid-1980s. Gorbachev explains the background to the need for total renewal, the concept of glasnost (openness), economic restructuring, democratization, and the new direction of Soviet foreign policy. This book provides direct insight…