AndrewMillerTheSecond’s Reviews > Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union > Status Update

So far, a novel and under-discussed view of the end of the USSR: Gorbachev blew it. He could’ve followed the conservative, economic-but-not-political approach started by Andropov, but his ideological purism combined with erratic decision-making put too much grease into the gears of change. I’m still not sure if I buy this theory wholesale, but it is compelling.