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Name: Gorbachev
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Author: William Taubman

A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.

First publish date: 2013

Authors: William Taubman

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