Alexander Yakovlev: The Man Whose Ideas Delivered Russia from Communism (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)

Synopsis

Youth -- War -- Khrushchev's Speech -- Columbia University -- Trouble -- Canada -- Back Home -- The December 1985 Memorandum -- Relations With Gorbachev -- Glasnost' -- Need Of A Fundamental Break -- Role In Foreign Policy -- The 1939 Secret Protocol -- Attitude Toward The United States -- Advocating Presidency -- Accusations Of Treason -- Bolshevik Crimes -- Dissolution Of The Soviet Union -- Private Life -- The August 1991 Coup -- Yakovlev's Final Thoughts About Russia And Russians -- Death