Perestroika : new thinking for our country and the world / created by Mikhail Gorbachev

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Gorbachev, Mikhail [author]

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0060390859
9780060390853

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DK289 GOR

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pt. 1. Perestroika ch.1. Perestroika: origins, essence, revolutionary character Perestroika an urgent necessity Turning to Lenin, an ideological source of perestroika A carefully prepared program, rather than a pompous declaration More socialism and more democracy Lessons of history What inspired us to launch perestroika Perestroika is a revolution A "revolution from above"? The party and perestroika ch.2. Perestroika gets under way: the first conclusions I. Society is put in motion How it all began Perestroika gains momentum We have no ready-made formulas More light to Glasnost! Perestroika and the intelligentsia II. New economic and social policy in action Economic reform: the June 1987 plenary meeting of the CPSU Central Committee On to full cost accounting! A new concept of centralism Goal: World technological standards Living tissue of perestroika The social policy of restructuring III. Along the road of democratization Our main reserve Observance of law an indispensable element in democratization Perestroika and the Soviets The new role of trade unions Young people and perestroika Women and the family The Union of Socialist Nations a unique formation Prestige and trust IV. The West and restructuring pt. 2. New thinking and the world ch.3. How we see the world of today Where we are New political thinking Our road to a new outlook The "hand of Moscow" International implications of new thinking For honest and open foreign policy ch.4. Restructuring in the USSR and the socialist world On real socialism Toward new relations ch.5. The Third World in the international community Regional conflicts Nations have the right to choose their own way of development The Asia-Pacific knot On nuclear disarmament in Asia Soviet-Indian relations At a difficult watershed Latin America: a time of major change Cooperation, not confrontation ch.6. Europe in Soviet foreign policy Heritage of history Europe is our common home Necessity: imperatives for Pan-European policy Europe's opportunities Two German states Europe and disarmament European cooperation First signs of the new thinking in Europe On Europe and the United States Europe's responsibility ch.7. Problems of disarmament and USSR-USA relations What do we expect from the United States of America? The US: "shining city atop a hill" The "enemy image" Who needs the arms race and why? More about realities: removing the ideological edge from interstate relations Alienation is evil On the road to Geneva Geneva After Geneva Moratorium The nuclear disarmament program The US since Geneva The lesson of Chernobyl Reykjavik After Reykjavik The Moscow forum and medium-range missiles Conclusion

Summary: Relates the Soviet changes in attitudes, ideas, and practices that he is implementing.

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pt. 1. Perestroika
ch.1. Perestroika: origins, essence, revolutionary character
Perestroika
an urgent necessity
Turning to Lenin, an ideological source of perestroika
A carefully prepared program, rather than a pompous declaration
More socialism and more democracy
Lessons of history
What inspired us to launch perestroika
Perestroika is a revolution
A "revolution from above"? The party and perestroika
ch.2. Perestroika gets under way: the first conclusions
I. Society is put in motion
How it all began
Perestroika gains momentum
We have no ready-made formulas
More light to Glasnost!
Perestroika and the intelligentsia
II. New economic and social policy in action
Economic reform: the June 1987 plenary meeting of the CPSU Central Committee
On to full cost accounting!
A new concept of centralism
Goal: World technological standards
Living tissue of perestroika
The social policy of restructuring
III. Along the road of democratization
Our main reserve
Observance of law
an indispensable element in democratization
Perestroika and the Soviets
The new role of trade unions
Young people and perestroika
Women and the family
The Union of Socialist Nations
a unique formation
Prestige and trust
IV. The West and restructuring
pt. 2. New thinking and the world
ch.3. How we see the world of today
Where we are
New political thinking
Our road to a new outlook
The "hand of Moscow"
International implications of new thinking
For honest and open foreign policy
ch.4. Restructuring in the USSR and the socialist world
On real socialism
Toward new relations
ch.5. The Third World in the international community
Regional conflicts
Nations have the right to choose their own way of development
The Asia-Pacific knot
On nuclear disarmament in Asia
Soviet-Indian relations
At a difficult watershed
Latin America: a time of major change
Cooperation, not confrontation
ch.6. Europe in Soviet foreign policy
Heritage of history
Europe is our common home
Necessity: imperatives for Pan-European policy
Europe's opportunities
Two German states
Europe and disarmament
European cooperation
First signs of the new thinking in Europe
On Europe and the United States
Europe's responsibility
ch.7. Problems of disarmament and USSR-USA relations
What do we expect from the United States of America?
The US: "shining city atop a hill"
The "enemy image"
Who needs the arms race and why?
More about realities: removing the ideological edge from interstate relations
Alienation is evil
On the road to Geneva
Geneva
After Geneva
Moratorium
The nuclear disarmament program
The US since Geneva
The lesson of Chernobyl
Reykjavik
After Reykjavik
The Moscow forum and medium-range missiles
Conclusion

Relates the Soviet changes in attitudes, ideas, and practices that he is implementing.

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