Alexander Yakovlev - Man Whose Ideas Delivered Russia from Communism

A significant political figure in twentieth-century Russia, Alexander Yakovlev was the intellectual force behind the pro

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Alexander Yakovlev - Man Whose Ideas Delivered Russia from Communism

Table of contents :
Preface viv

1 Youth 3

2 War 6

3 Khrushchev's Speech 9

4 Columbia University 14

5 Trouble 17

6 Canada 20

7 Back Home 26

8 The December 1985 Memorandum 29

9 Relations with Gorbachev 33

10 Glasnost' 36

11 Need of a Fundamental Break 47

12 Role in Foreign Policy 48

13 The 1939 Secret Protocol 51

14 Attitude toward the United States 54

15 Advocating Presidency 59

16 Accusations of Treason 61

17 Bolshevik Crimes 66

18 The Dissolution of the Soviet Union 73

19 Private Life 74

20 The August 1991 Coup 75

21 Yakovlev's Final Thoughts about Russia and Russians 78

22 Death 80

Documents

1 Article "Against Anti-Historicism" (1972) 81

2 Memorandum of December 1985 115

Acknowledgments 129

List of Illustrations 131

Abbreviations of Yakovlev's Works 133

Notes 135

Bibliography 143

Index 145

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