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Foreword by Martin McCauley
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vii
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A Note on Russian Names
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xix
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To the Reader
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xxiii
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In Place of a Preface
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xxvi
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PART I Roots
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1 27 November 1978
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3
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2 Stavropol - Moscow - Stavropol
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18
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3 Moscow State University
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41
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4 An Initial Test of Strength
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56
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5 Launching My Party Career
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73
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6 The Challenge of Power
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84
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7 At Staraya Ploshchad
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108
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8 On the Eve
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140
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PART II In the Kremlin
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9 General Secretary
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171
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10 More Light
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201
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11 The First Attempt at Economic Reform
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215
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12 The Decisive Step
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237
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13 Work and Reflection
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261
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14 Political Reform: Power Is Transferred from Staraya Ploshchad to the Kremlin
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278
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15 Nationalities Policy: A Difficult Search
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326
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16 The Party and Perestroika
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348
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17 How to Enter the Market
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372
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PART III The Changing Soviet Union and the World
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18 New Thinking in Foreign Policy
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401
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19 Europe - our Common Home
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427
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20 Towards a New World Order
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439
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21 Perestroika and the Socialist Countries
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464
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22 Moscow and Beijing:'Close the Past, Open the Future'
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487
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23 Overcoming Divisions in Europe
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496
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24 German Unification
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516
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25 Understanding Leads to Partnership
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536
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26 The Middle East Knot: Trial by Aggression
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551
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PART IV 1991, the Stormy Year
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27 Threats and Hopes
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569
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28 Economic Recognition for a Changing Soviet Union: The Group of Seven in 1991
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608
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29 Bush in Moscow Three Weeks before the Coup
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618
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30 The Coup
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626
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31 The Last Efforts and the Belovezh Conspiracy
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545
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32 The Soviet Union and the World after the Coup
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661
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Epilogue
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673
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Chronology
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697
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Glossary by Martin McCauley
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713
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Biographies
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731
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Index
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745
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