Author: English, Robert D.
Title: Russia and the Idea of the West: Gorbachev, Intellectuals & the End of the Cold War
Description: New York, Columbia University Press, (2000). orig.boards. 23x15cm, xii,401 pp. Minor rubbing. A small ink mark to top page-edge. VG. ¶ Contents: Preface: An Intellectual History; Introduction: Intellectuals, Ideas & Identity in the Sources of Internationmal Change; The Origins & Nature of Old Thinking; Leaders,Society, & Intellectuals During the Thaw; Intellectuals & the World: From the Secret Speech to the Prague Spring; The Dynamics of New Thinking in the Era of Stagnation; Advance & Retreat: New Thinking in the Time of Crisis & Transition; The New Thinking Comes to Power; Conclusion: Reflections on the Origin & Fate of New Thinking.

Keywords: Russian Political History, Communist Russia, Soviet Union, Communism, Gorbachev, Intellectual, Intellectuals, Foreign Relations, Politics Ideology