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Taubman, William

Summary: 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. "When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR. was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal policies of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GORBACHEV, MIKHAIL TAU

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B GORBACHEV TAU

Summary: Werner Herzog and Andre Singer's riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three never before seen interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world's greatest living politician. Now 88 and battling illness, the visionary Gorbachev, the former General Secretary of the U.S.S.R, is still gently but resolutely pushing towards his goals.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: The Soviet leader was acclaimed as the architect of Glasnost and Perestrolka, policies that gave the citizens of the Soviet Union, what Ronald Reagan called 'the Evil Empire,' a chance to be free. He even tore down the Berlin Wall. But at the same time, under his rule, the Chernobyl nuclear facility exploded and its destruction was concealed. Citizens demanding independence in the Baltic states...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOR

Zubok, V. M. (Vladislav Martinovich)

Summary: Was the break-up of the Soviet Union inevitable? Thirty years after its collapse, Vladislav Zubok offers a major reinterpretation of the final years of the USSR. He reveals how Gorbachev's misguided reforms deprived the government of resources and empowered separatism. Collapse sheds new light on Russian democratic populism, the struggle for independence, the crisis of Soviet finances - and,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.085 ZUB

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