Gorbachev: His Life and Times

Aún no termino de leerlo 693 páginas, pero me encanta. Lo recomiendo mucho!

Great book thanks!!

He devuelto en libro porque estaba en inglés. Me quedo con el libro porque me costará más la devolución (no existe la posibilidad de que vengan a buscarlo).

An excellent book, clarifying many aspects of this vital aspect of the revision of Russian history.

I am still half way through the book, and so far it has been well worth the read. I have lived in the USSR through the years described in the book, and therefore I have a lot to compare to from my own experience. The book gives a valuable fresh perspective of an American writer on the late Soviet society, is very well researched and based on the information that only recently has fully come to light. When a country disintegrates, it offers a rare glimpse into the power structure that is usually hidden from view in stable societies. There are several other books that study the decline and fall of the Soviet Union, to mention a few, by Judy Shelton, Chris Miller, Yegor Gaidar. These mostly address the economic decline and inflation. Taubman's book complements this with the political history. Glasnost was widely welcomed but it undermined the legitimacy of power of the party, and rapidly reduced its ability to govern. Deng Xiao Ping's reforms were wiser in that they foresaw this danger and prioritized economic reforms instead.