Conversations with Gorbachev

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"Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynar were friends for half a century, from the time their paths first crossed as students in 1950. Although one was a Russian and the other a Czech, they were both ardent supporters of communism and socialism. One took part in laying the groundwork for and carrying out the Prague Spring; the other opened a new political era in Soviet and world politics.". "In 1993 they decided that their conversations might be of interest to others and so they began to tape-record them. This volume is the product of that "thinking out loud." A historical document in its own right, the book is a record of two friends trying to explain to one another their views on the problems and events that determined their destinies. From reminiscences of their starry-eyed university days to reflections on the use of force to "save socialism" to contemplation of the end of the Cold War, here is a more revealing picture of Gorbachev than we have seen before."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: History,  Interviews,  Perestroĭka,  Socialism,  Socialisme,  Histoire,  Perestroïka,  Intervention in Czechoslovakia (1968) fast (OCoLC)fst01353409,  Entretiens,  Gorbachev, mikhail sergeevich, 1931-,  Czechoslovakia, history, intervention, 1968

People: Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-),  Zdeněk Mlynář

Places: Czechoslovakia

Times: Intervention, 1968