ISBN:
0231110588
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0231110596
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9780231504744
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9780231110587
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9780231110594
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 401 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Russia and the Idea of the West : Gorbachev, Intellectuals, and the End of the Cold War
DDC:
303.48/24701821
Keywords:
Intellectuals Political activity
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Europe, Western - Relations - Soviet Union
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Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985
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Philosophy
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Europe, Western Relations
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Soviet Union Relations
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United States Relations
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Soviet Union Relations
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Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991
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Philosophy
Abstract:
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 policy-acade
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references ([345]-373) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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