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This book presents a balanced analysis of perestroika with an eye to the ongoing political, social and cultural changes. It is based on papers prepared for a conference on "The First Five Years of Perestroika: What Have We Learned? What Has Gorbachev Learned?" held at Georgetown University.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Soviet Population Statistics by Republic
- Map of Soviet Republics
- Introduction
- 1 Stepping off the Treadmill of Failed Reforms?
- 2 The Soviet Economy on a Treadmill of Perestroika: Gorbachev's First Five Years
- 3 Social Change in the USSR Under Gorbachev: Population, Health and Environmental Issues
- 4 Perestroika as Process: Lessons from the First Five Years
- 5 Imperial Endgame: Nationality Problems and the Soviet Future
- 6 Glasnost: A Cultural Kaleidoscope
- 7 Alternative Prose and Glasnost Literature
- 8 Gorbachev and Europe: An Accelerated Learning Curve
- 9 Perestroika and U.S.-Soviet Relations: The Five-Year Plan No One Devised
- 10 Lessons for Western Theories of International Security and Foreign Relations
- 11 The Soviet Union in 1990
- Epilogue: The View in 1991
- Chronology
- Changes in Leadership Bodies
- Selected Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index