1995, ISBN: 9780385480192

New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxix, [1], 769, [1] pages. Foreword by Martin McCauley. A Note on Russian … Mehr…

New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxix, [1], 769, [1] pages. Foreword by Martin McCauley. A Note on Russian Names. Footnotes. Illustrations. Chronology. Glossary by Martin McCauley. Biographies. Index. Publisher's compliments card laid in. Signature on title page appears from comparison with some internet images to be that of Gorbachev. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian and formerly Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was General Secretary of the governing Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically a socialist, he initially adhered to Marxism-Leninism although following the Soviet collapse moved toward social democracy. Derived from a Kirkus review: The autobiography of a general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which is not only filled with information and assessments unobtainable elsewhere, but is also candid, wry and unusually revealing about the nature of power at the top of the Soviet Union. There is a human being with a profound sense of justice at the center of this narrative. Both of his grandfathers were sent to labor camps during the purges, and one of his wife's grandfathers was executed. He is frank to say that he hid his feelings, a requirement in a party whose leaders did not even exchange personal visits because this might suggest they were plotting. He freely confesses the timidity and piecemeal strategy of many of his early moves. There is a richness in this autobiography to which no review can do justice. It leaves a deep impression of a remarkable and decent human being trying to improve a system that wasn't., Doubleday, 1995, 3<

1996, ISBN: 0385480199

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[EAN: 9780385480192], Near Fine, [SC: 38.18], [PU: Doubleday, New York], USSR RUSSIA SIGNED SOVIET UNION BERLIN WALL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Jacket, Book is in like new condition. Black hardboards… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780385480192], Near Fine, [SC: 38.18], [PU: Doubleday, New York], USSR RUSSIA SIGNED SOVIET UNION BERLIN WALL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Jacket, Book is in like new condition. Black hardboards with red cloth spine; silver lettering on spine; corners sharp and square. Textblock clean, tight, square, unmarked. Dust is like new with original price on flap. Dust in archival cover. TATYANA TOLSTAYA the Russian novelist had this to say about Gorbachev " By gently pushing open the gates of reform, he unleashed a democratic flood that deluged the Soviet universe and washed away the cold war. No single approach — and there have been many — can explain Gorbachev. Perhaps the holy fools with their metaphysical scenario were right when they whispered that he was marked and that seven years were given to him to transform Russia in the name of her as yet invisible but inevitable salvation and renaissance." Gorbachev met his wife, Raisa Titarenko, daughter of a Ukrainian railway engineer, at Moscow State University. They married in September 1953 and moved to Stavropol upon graduation. She gave birth to their only child, daughter Irina Mikhailovna Virganskaya, in 1957. Raisa Gorbacheva died of leukemia in 1999. Gorbachev has two granddaughters (Ksenia and Anastasia) and one great granddaughter (Aleksandra). Foward by Martin McCauley. Dust jacket now in Brodart mylar protective (clear) cover. Rare first edition in this state and condition. ; Photographs; 2.5 x 10 x 6.5 Inches; 769 pages, Books<

1996, ISBN: 0385480199

[EAN: 9780385480192], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday], Independent family-run bookstore for over 50 years! Buy with confidence! Book is in very good condition with minimal … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780385480192], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday], Independent family-run bookstore for over 50 years! Buy with confidence! Book is in very good condition with minimal signs of use, Books<

1996, ISBN: 0385480199

[EAN: 9780385480192], Gebraucht, [PU: Doubleday Books], Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less, Books

1996, ISBN: 9780385480192

Hardcover, Gebraucht, Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less., [PU: Doubleday Books]