{"product_id":"conversations-with-gorbachev-on-perestroika-the-prague-spring-and-the-crossroads-of-socialism-paperback","title":"Conversations with Gorbachev: On Perestroika, the Prague Spring, and the Crossroads of Socialism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMikhail Gorbachev\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eZdenek Mlynar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Shriver\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynar were friends for half a century, since they first crossed paths as students in 1950. Although one was a Russian and the other a Czech, they were both ardent supporters of communism and socialism. One took part in laying the groundwork for and carrying out the Prague spring; the other opened a new political era in Soviet world politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1993 they decided that their conversations might be of interest to others and so they began to tape-record them. This book is the product of that \"thinking out loud\" process. It is an absorbing record of two friends trying to explain to one another their views on the problems and events that determined their destinies. From reminiscences of their starry-eyed university days to reflections on the use of force to \"save socialism\" to contemplation of the end of the cold war, here is a far more candid picture of Gorbachev than we have ever seen before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMikhail Gorbachev, secretary general of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991, now heads the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow and lectures widely around the world. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eGorbachev: On My Country and the World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late Zdenek Mlynar (1931-1997) was a leader of the Prague Spring of 1968 and a prominent member of the Czech dissident movement. His son, Vladimir, is the current minister without portfolio of the Czech Republic.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.66 x 5.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467839029501,"sku":"9780231118651","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/aExJa0dYKzFPR1RsRGtzM0lCbkhGUT09.webp?v=1777281132","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/conversations-with-gorbachev-on-perestroika-the-prague-spring-and-the-crossroads-of-socialism-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}