MARK GALEOTTI is Lecturerer in International History at the University of Keele, UK

'The text is clear and easy to read and the select bibliography at the end of each chapter provides a good guide to the most pertinent literature in the field.' - Laura Richards Cleary, Political Studies

• The Decay of the Soviet UnionYurii Andropov and the Rise of MikhailGorbachev Electing GorbachevGorbachev the Technocrat: Uskoreniye and the Attempt to ModerniseGorbachev the Reformer: Glasnost' and PerestroikaGorbachev the Gambler: DemocratisationGorbachev the Revolutionary: the End of the Soviet UnionAppendicesChronologyGallery of Main CharactersBibliography and Guide to Further ReadingIndexMap.

MARK GALEOTTI is Lecturerer in International History at the University of Keele, UK

'The text is clear and easy to read and the select bibliography at the end of each chapter provides a good guide to the most pertinent literature in the field.' - Laura Richards Cleary, Political Studies

• The Decay of the Soviet UnionYurii Andropov and the Rise of MikhailGorbachev Electing GorbachevGorbachev the Technocrat: Uskoreniye and the Attempt to ModerniseGorbachev the Reformer: Glasnost' and PerestroikaGorbachev the Gambler: DemocratisationGorbachev the Revolutionary: the End of the Soviet UnionAppendicesChronologyGallery of Main CharactersBibliography and Guide to Further ReadingIndexMap.

MARK GALEOTTI is Lecturerer in International History at the University of Keele, UK

'The text is clear and easy to read and the select bibliography at the end of each chapter provides a good guide to the most pertinent literature in the field.' - Laura Richards Cleary, Political Studies

• The Decay of the Soviet UnionYurii Andropov and the Rise of MikhailGorbachev Electing GorbachevGorbachev the Technocrat: Uskoreniye and the Attempt to ModerniseGorbachev the Reformer: Glasnost' and PerestroikaGorbachev the Gambler: DemocratisationGorbachev the Revolutionary: the End of the Soviet UnionAppendicesChronologyGallery of Main CharactersBibliography and Guide to Further ReadingIndexMap.