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Conversations with Gorbachev : on perestroika, the Prague Spring, and the crossroads of socialism

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich 1931- (Author). Mlyn�a�r, Zden�ek (Added Author).

Summary: "Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynar were friends for half a century, from the time their paths first crossed as students in 1950. Although one was a Russian and the other a Czech, they were both ardent supporters of communism and socialism. One took part in laying the groundwork for and carrying out the Prague Spring; the other opened a new political era in Soviet and world politics." "In 1993 they decided that their conversations might be of interest to others and so they began to tape-record them. This volume is the product of that "thinking out loud." A historical document in its own right, the book is a record of two friends trying to explain to one another their views on the problems and events that determined their destinies. From reminiscences of their starry-eyed university days to reflections on the use of force to "save socialism" to contemplation of the end of the Cold War, here is a more revealing picture of Gorbachev than we have seen before."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780231118651
ISBN: 9780231529273
ISBN: 9780231505055
ISBN: 0231529279
ISBN: 0231505051
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 225 pages)
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Computer data.
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, �2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Includes index. Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Archie Brown -- The Criss-Crossing of Our Paths -- Student Communists -- New Hopes and New Disappointments -- Twenty Years, Divergent Paths -- How We Sought to Reinvigorate Socialism -- The Prague Spring and Its Defeat -- More Democracy, More Socialism -- Freedom of Choice Either Exists or It Doesn't -- An Airplane That Took Off Without Knowing Where to Land -- What to Do With the Party? -- Can the Use of Force "Save Socialism"? -- There's Only One World -- Breaking Out of the Dead End of the Cold War -- Socialism Is Alive as a World Process -- At a Crossroads of Civilization -- Concluding Thoughts: The Conscience of the Reformer.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.