Gorbachev: On My Country and the World -- Mikhail Gorbachev

<p>Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience, as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience as well as rich archival material, Gorbachev ponders Russia's past, present, and future place in the world -- including the October Revolution, the Cold War, and key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Mikhail Gorbachev<br><b>Publisher:</b> Columbia University Press<br><b>Published:</b> 10/06/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 300<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.91lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.01h x 6.00w x 0.67d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780231115155<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991, and President of the Soviet Union, 1988-1991, currently heads the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow and lectures widely. He is also the author of <i>Perestroika and Soviet-American Relations, The Search for a New Beginning: Developing a New Civilization, </i> and <i>The August Coup: The Truth and the Lessons.</i>George Shriver has translated and edited many books, including Nikolai Bukharin's <i>How It All Began: The Prison Novel</i> and Roy Medvedev's <i>On Soviet Dissent, The October Revolution, Let History Judge, </i> and <i>Post-Soviet Russia</i> (all published by Columbia).</p>