Glasnost

by Mikhail Gorbachev

In seinem Erfolgsbuch "Perestroika" legte Michail Gorbatschow vor zwei Jahren sein Programm dar. Nun zieht er eine erste Bilanz: Was wurde erreicht? Wo liegen die Probleme der Umgestaltung? Wie soll es weitergehen?
"Glasnost" vereint die wichtigsten innen- und außenpolitischen Reden, die der Kreml-Chef in den vergangenen beiden Jahren gehalten hat. In ihnen offenbart sich eindrucksvoll das neue Denkten, das Gorbatschow seinem Land verordnet hat und das die Welt in Atem hält.

318 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1989

About the author

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Russian politician. He was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991.

Gorbachev's attempts at reform—perestroika and glasnost—as well as summit conferences with United States President Ronald Reagan, contributed to the end of the Cold War, and also ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. At the time of his death Gorbachev served as the leader of the Union of Social-Democrats, a political party founded after the official dissolution of the Social Democratic Party of Russia on 20 October 2007.

Reviews

[Sinan Öner]

Soviet Union Leader, Green Cross International Leader, Writer Mikhail Gorbachev's "Glasnost" was published in Gorbachev's Soviet Union Presidency, and Gorbachev was the General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party in those years. "Glasnost" was one of Gorbachev's "reform suggestions" in Soviet governing and social system, "a program" for "democracy and freedom". Gorbachev suggests to Soviet Communist Party and High Soviet (Soviet Parliament) to discuss and practise "Glasnost program" with "Perestroika program". "Perestroika" contains "social, economic and law reforms", "Glasnost" contains "political, cultural, educational and diplomatic reforms", Gorbachev thinks "Glasnost" and "Perestroika" are related to each other and the practice of these "programs" must be together! "Glasnost" were published in different languages in the world and impacts all the nations.

[John Hatley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Together with "Perestroika", this book "Glasnost" is a document of historical significance by one of the most important figures in the 20th century.