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Author English, Robert (Robert D.)

Title Russia and the idea of the West : Gorbachev, intellectuals, and the end of the Cold War / Robert D. English.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2000]
©2000
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 401 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-373) and index.
Contents Preface: An Intellectual History -- Origins and Nature of Old Thinking -- Leaders, Society, and Intellectuals During the Thaw -- Intellectuals and the World: From the Secret Speech to the Prague Spring -- Dynamics of New Thinking in the Era of Stagnation -- Advance and Retreat: New Thinking in the Time of Crisis and Transition -- New Thinking Comes to Power -- Conclusion: Reflections on the Origins and Fate of New Thinking.
Summary An intriguing ""intellectual portrait"" of a generation of Soviet reformers, this book is also a fascinating case study of how ideas can change the course of history. In most analyses of the Cold War's end the ideological aspects of Gorbachev's ""new thinking"" are treated largely as incidental to the broader considerations of power?as gloss on what was essentially a retreat forced by crisis and decline. Robert English makes a major contribution by demonstrating that Gorbachev's foreign policy was in fact the result of an intellectual revolution. English analyzes the rise of a liberal pol.
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Subject Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985 -- Philosophy.
Soviet Union.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1953-1985
Subject Philosophy.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991 -- Philosophy.
Chronological Term 1985-1991
Subject Intellectuals -- Political activity -- Soviet Union.
Intellectuals -- Political activity.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States.
Relations.
United States.
United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
Chronological Term 1953-1991
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: English, Robert (Robert D.). Russia and the idea of the West. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000 0231110588 (DLC) 00024327 (OCoLC)43520982
ISBN 0231504748 (electronic book)
9780231504744 (electronic book)
0231110588 (cl)
0231110596 (pa)
9780231110587 (cl)
9780231110594 (pa)

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