Gorbachev

The Man and His Era

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William Taubman: Gorbachev (2018, Simon & Schuster, Limited)

880 pages

English language

Published May 24, 2018 by Simon & Schuster, Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-4711-4795-1
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A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.

6 editions

Subjects

  • Gorbachev, mikhail sergeevich, 1931-
  • Heads of state
  • Soviet union, biography
  • Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991
  • Russia (federation), politics and government