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Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev was the central player in the shift in Soviet policy toward the West, a shift that resulted in the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. How do Gorbachev’s policies illustrate the impact of one individual on international relations? What were his principal foreign policies while he was the leader of the USSR? What aspects of Gorbachev as an individual help account for his policies?
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Mikhail Gorbachev. The Progressive Interview Amitabh Pal.
The Progressive Dec 2003 v67 i12 p28(4) (1835 words)
The revolution within. (Khrushchev: The Man and His Era;Conversations With Gorbachev: On Perestroika, the Prague Spring, and the Crossroads of Socialism;Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders)(Book Review)_(book review) Robert D. English. The Nation May 26, 2003 v276 i20 p29
Constitutional law and politics in Russia: surviving the first decade. Robert Sharlet.
Demokratizatsiya Wntr 2003 v11 i1 p122(7)
The return of Mikhail Gorbachev: the former Soviet leader is tanned, rested, and...green. (Russia). (Interview) Axel Krause. Europe June 2002 p14(4)
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March 11, 1985: My First Day on the Job. (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary/80 Days That Changed The World) Mikhail Gorbachev. Time March 31, 2003 v161 i13 pA62+
Gorbachev on His Legacy. (Mikhail Gorbachev, interview)(Brief Article)(Interview) Steven Shabad. Newsweek International May 7, 2001 p74
THE END OF THE COLD WAR: A RUSSIAN VIEW. Vladimir Batyuk. History Today April 1999 v49 i4 p28(1) Mag.Coll.: 98D0367.
Last of the enlightened despots: a comparison of President Mikhail Gorbachev and Emperor Joseph II. James T. McHugh. The Social Science Journal Jan 1995 v32 n1 p69(17)
The Gorbachev doctrine. (changing socialism in Eastern Europe) The Economist (US) July 15, 1989 v312 n7611 p40(2)
Gorbie's choice: Perestroika's dissident roots. Stuart Anderson. The New Republic April 17, 1989 v200 n16 p11(2) Mag.Coll.: 49E0096.
Recovering the buried Stalin years. (Soviet History - I) Dev Murarka. The Nation Oct 24, 1987 v245 n13 p433(6) Mag.Coll.: 41L0046.
The last General Secretary. (Mikhail Gorbachev) (Editorial) Peter W. Rodman. National Review Jan 20, 1992 v44 n1 p11(2) Mag.Coll.: 63A0998.
Emergency exit: the end for Soviet Communists. (Cover Story) Jacques Rupnik. The New Republic Sept 16, 1991 v205 n12-13 p16(2) Mag.Coll.: 61E0325.
Fiddler on the roof: Gorbachev's balancing act. (Cover Story) Stephen Sestanovich. The New Republic May 27, 1991 v204 n21 p19(3) Mag.Coll.: 60A0432.
The end: the total collapse of the USSR. (Cover Story) Gabriel Schoenfeld. The New Republic Jan 21, 1991 v204 n3 p23(3) Mag.Coll.: 58C0380.
Survival mode: Gorbachev's back is to the wall. Annie Kriegel. The New Republic May 14, 1990 v202 n20 p12(2) Mag.Coll.: 55A0305.
Gorbachev's intellectual odyssey: not another Dubcek, but a Djilas of sorts? Joshua Muravchik. The New Republic March 5, 1990 v202 n10 p20(6) Mag.Coll.: 53L0237.
U.S.-Soviet relations: a discussion of perestroika and economic reform. (James Baker address) (transcript) Department of State Bulletin Dec 1989 v89 n2153 p20(7) Mag.Coll.: 53C3295.
Misha and Ron: two men who altered the course of history. (Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan)(Special Issue: The 80s) Todd Brewster. Life Fall 1989 v12 n12 p52(6) Mag.Coll.: 51L6062.
Reagan and the Gorbachev Revolution: Perceiving the End of Threat. BARBARA FARNHAM. Political Science Quarterly Summer 2001 v116 i2 p225
Gorbachev's Eurasian strategy. (Mikhail S. Gorbachev) James F. Burke. World Affairs Spring 1993 v155 n4 p156(13)
Ideas, institutions, and the Gorbachev foreign policy revolution. Jeff Checkel. World Politics Jan 1993 v45 n2 p271(30)
Western assessments of Gorbachev's policies in the Third World. James F. Burke. World Affairs Summer 1992 v155 n1 p31(9)
Lincoln's lesson. (Abraham Lincoln's restoration of the Union and Mikhail Gorbachev's response to Baltic States secession) (editorial) Eric Foner. The Nation Feb 11, 1991 v252 n5 p149(2) Mag.Coll.: 58H0362.
The road to 'perestroika:' economics in the USSR and the problems of reforming the Soviet economic order. Vladimir Mau. Europe-Asia Studies March 1996 v48 n2 p207(18)
Disintegration of the Soviet politico-economic system. John E. Elliott. International Journal of Social Economics March 1995 v22 n3 p31(30)
The influence of the Baltic popular movements on the process of Soviet disintegration. Nils R. Muiznieks. Europe-Asia Studies Jan 1995 v47 n1 p3(23)
The nature of the beast. (revolutionary impetus and the collapse of communism in the former USSR) (Special Issue: The Strange Death of Soviet Communism) Charles H. Fairbanks Jr.. The National Interest Spring 1993 n31 p46(11)
'Doomed to Disappear': The reformer on the last days of the wall--and why communism crumbled. (the Berlin Wall)(International) Mikhail Gorbachev. Newsweek Nov 8, 1999 v134 i19 p45
The meanings of 1989. (Central and Eastern Europe: Gains and Losses in the Transition to Democracy) Jeffrey C. Isaac. Social Research Summer 1996 v63 n2 p291(54)
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Groupthink and the Gulf crisis. Steve A. Yetiv. British Journal of Political Science July 2003 v33 i3 p419(24) (13152 words)
Groupthink or Deadlock: When Do Leaders Learn from Their Advisors? (Book Review)_(book review) Bryan W. Marshall. Presidential Studies Quarterly March 2003 v33 i1 p251(3)
Beyond Groupthink: Political Group Dynamics and Foreign Policy-Making. (Review)_(book review) Charles F. Hermann. American Political Science Review Sept 1999 v93 i3 p766
Groupthink: deciding with the leader and the devil. Zenglo Chen, Robert B. Lawson, Lawrence R. Gordon, Barbara McIntosh. The Psychological Record Fall 1996 v46 n4 p581(10)
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The U.S. decision to launch operation Desert Storm: a bureaucratic politics analysis. Lauren Holland. Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal Wntr 1999 v25 i2 p219(2)
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Understanding Decisionmaking, U.S. Foreign Policy and the Cuban Missile Crisis A Review Essay. (Review)_(book review) Barton J. Bernstein. International Security Summer 2000 v25 i1 p134
Ambassadorial roles and foreign policy: Elbridge Durbrow, Frederick Nolting, and the U.S. commitment to Diem's Vietnam, 1957-61. (Articles). Michael R. Adamson. Presidential Studies Quarterly June 2002 v32 i2 p229(27)
How Kissinger tossed away South Vietnam. Morton A. Kaplan. World and I July 2000 v15 i7 p302
Conversations with Eduard Shevardnadze. Georgie Anne Geyer. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2000 v23 i2 p55
Advisers and Advising in the 21st Century. (United States military policy)(Statistical Data Included) Major Paul Marks. Special Warfare Spring 2001 v14 i2 p28
Explaining change in the Carter administration's China policy: foreign policy adviser manipulation of the policy agenda. Jean A. Garrison. Asian Affairs: An American Review Summer 2002 v29 i2 p83(17)
Tomorrow never dies: the foreign policy futurism of Al Gore. (Cover Story) Jacob Heilbrunn. The New Republic March 2, 1998 v218 n9 p21(5) Mag.Coll.: 92K0022.
Ideas, interests, and strategy: bureaucratic politics and the United States Navy. Paul T. Mitchell. Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal Wntr 1999 v25 i2 p243(2)
Suitable for these Wadsworth textbooks:
Kegley and Wittkopf, World Politics: Trend and Transformation, Ninth Edition, Chapter 3
Russett, Starr, and Kinsella, World Politics: The Menu for Choice, Seventh Edition, Chapter 7
Nester, International Relations: Politics and Economics in the 21st Century, First Edition, Chapter 5
Spiegel et al, World Politics in a New Era, Third Edition, Chapter 2 |
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