The Gorbachev Factor Reprint edition by Brown, Archie (1997) Paperback

by Archie Brown

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Genres: Russian History, History

Paperback

First published March 28, 1996

About the author

Archibald Haworth Brown, commonly known as Archie Brown, is a British political scientist and historian. In 2005, he became an emeritus professor of politics at the University of Oxford and an emeritus fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, where he served as a professor of politics and director of St Antony's Russian and East European Centre. He has written widely on Soviet and Russian politics, on communist politics more generally, on the Cold War, and on political leadership.

Reviews

[Legens · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book's structure is both its strength and its weakness: Separating change in the USSR by domestic policy, foreign policy, economy, and the nationalities' question makes each easier to understand, but severs the connections between them. While the book is not a biography of Gorbachev, he seems front and center of all change, obscuring the eroding belief in Communist orthodoxy among the wider elites. Still, it is a worthwhile (and well-written) account of these tumultuous years when the Soviet Union turned from hyperstability to sudden change.

[Grey · Rating 3 out of 5]

did a good job of placing Gorbachev at the center of the end of the Cold War; I think failed to incorporate other factors significantly enough.

[Keziah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Compelling read, thorough and packed with information. Love a good read on anything Gorbachev and the Soviet Union, this was enjoyed majorly.