Perestroika, New Thinking for Our Country and the World, 1st Printing, First Edition by Mikhail Gorbachev

This listing is for Perestroika, New Thinking for Our Country and the World, 1st Printing, First Edition by Mikhail Gorbachev.

Publisher Harper & Row; 1st, First Edition, First Printing edition (January 1, 1987)
Hardcover
Pages: 255
Excellent condition with Dust Jacket

A serious crisis in the environment assumed the proportions of a global menace. This was pinpointed by the U.N. Commission's report, Our Common Future. The global challenge involved in this crisis was aggravated by the economic crisis of monetarism and debt. Gorbachev addressed the same themes in a powerful message to the U.N. The power of separate nation states was no longer sufficient to meet the world-wide threat.

Interesting first-person perspective on the reforms at the end of the USSR. This was published in 1987, in the middle of his reforms and before the USSR collapsed. He believes that all his reforms, which led to the collapse of his state and system, were all what Lenin would do. His alternative interpretation of the invasion of Afghanistan, among other unpleasant policies, is a fascinating example of how people can rationalize anything. Even the one nominally in charge of the USSR did not realize what would happen.

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