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Author Frankland, Mark, 1934-2012.

Title The sixth continent : Russia and the making of Mikhail Gorbachov / Mark Frankland.

Publication Info. New York : Harper & Row, [1987]
©1987

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  947.08 FRA    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description x, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.
Contents Peace and quiet -- Strange stories -- Time of troubles -- The Bolshevik -- Waste -- A crack of the whip -- The master's thoughts -- The science of belief -- Promise deferred -- Getting the workers to work -- A temporary tsar -- Men of might and morals -- The bishop's move -- A hero appears -- Party man -- Opposition -- Is making money right? -- Memory and Mother Russia -- Rejoining the world.
Summary Iscusses the struggle for power that lead to the rise of Mikhail Gorbachov and examines the Gorbachov's policies.
Subject Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022 (OCoLC)fst00147255
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
Chronological Term 1985-1991
Other Form: Online version: Frankland, Mark, 1934- Sixth continent. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Harper & Row, ©1987 (OCoLC)569820087
ISBN 0060158069
9780060158064
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