
Democracy of Despots.
Title:
Democracy of Despots.
Author:
Murray, Donald.
ISBN:
9780773565685
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 An Oasis of Liberty -- 2 Searching for the New World -- 3 The First Campaign -- 4 The Day of Discussion -- 5 The Swamp -- 6 An Unofficial Funeral -- 7 Miniature, Everyday Coups -- 8 Another Country ... Another Man -- 9 The Final Coup -- 10 The Rebel -- 11 Raskol -- 12 A Higher Value -- 13 Russia Returns to Its Roots -- 14 Confrontation Still Lives in Our Souls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Long-time Moscow correspondent Donald Murray analyses the creation of the first authentic parliaments in the Soviet Union and Russia and shows how Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin used and abused the democratic institutions they helped make possible.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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