Conversations with Gorbachev : on perestroika, the Prague Spring, and the crossroads of socialism /
Readers are invited to eavesdrop on an intimate conversation between one of the towering figures of the 20th century and his closest friend as they chat about the momentous events they lived through and helped orchestrate
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2002
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Table of Contents:
- Conversation 1 The Criss-Crossing of Our Paths 11
- 1 Student Communists 13
- 2. New Hopes and New Disappointments 28
- 3. Twenty Years, Divergent Paths 39
- Conversation 2 How We Sought to Reinvigorate Socialism 55
- 1. The Prague Spring and Its Defeat 57
- 2. More Democracy, More Socialism 66
- 3. Freedom of Choice Either Exists or It Doesn't 75
- 4. An Airplane That Took Off Without Knowing Where to Land 91
- 5. What to Do With the Party? 102
- 6. Can the Use of Force "Save Socialism"? 127
- Conversation 3 There's Only One World 135
- 1. Breaking Out of the Dead End of the Cold War 137
- 2. Socialism Is Alive as a World Process 146
- 3. At a Crossroads of Civilization 172
- Concluding Thoughts: The Conscience of the Reformer 195.
- Introduction / Archie Brown
- The Criss-Crossing of Our Paths
- Student Communists
- New Hopes and New Disappointments
- Twenty Years, Divergent Paths
- How We Sought to Reinvigorate Socialism
- The Prague Spring and Its Defeat
- More Democracy, More Socialism
- Freedom of Choice Either Exists or It Doesn't
- An Airplane That Took Off Without Knowing Where to Land
- What to Do With the Party?
- Can the Use of Force "Save Socialism"?
- There's Only One World
- Breaking Out of the Dead End of the Cold War
- Socialism Is Alive as a World Process
- At a Crossroads of Civilization
- Concluding Thoughts: The Conscience of the Reformer