Down with Big Brother
Down with Big Brother
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A personal account by journalist Michael Dobbs of the downfall of the Soviet Union and its allies, based on eyewitness experience and interviews. The dramatic events of the final decade of the Soviet empire are described and Mikhail Gorbachev is portrayed as the unwitting inspiration for the upheaval.
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Down with Big Brother by Michael Dobbs
The author of this volume was present during the final decade of the Soviet empire, first for Reuters, then for the "Washington Post". While Dobbs watched, playwrights and elctricians were transformed into presidents, while Communist Party leaders became jailbirds or newly-minted tycoons. He identifies the seeds of destruction, and shows how Mikhail Gorbachev, in particular, was the unwitting inspiration for the upheaval of the empire, while he thought he could save the Communist Party by reforming it. Dobbs' conclusion is that though Big Brother may be dead, his dark legacy is still alive in the turbulence in Russia, Romania, Bosnia and other countries that once made up the most brutal empire of the 20th century.| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780747533948 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747533946 |
| Titre | Down with Big Brother |
| Auteur | Michael Dobbs |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Année de publication | 1997-06-13 |
| Nombre de pages | 513 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |