A Democracy Of Despots

by Donald Murray

Overview

In A Democracy of Despots correspondent Donald Murray provides an eyewitness account of the struggle for power in the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev and in Russia under Boris Yeltsin, showing how both men used and abused the democratic institutions they helped make possible. The story he tells of the emerging democratic government is one of ambitious

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367314224
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Donald Murray was the Moscow correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio Canada from 1988 to 1994.

Table of Contents

Introduction — An Oasis of Liberty — Searching for the New World — The First Campaign — The Day of Discussion — The Swamp — An Unofficial Funeral — Miniature, Everyday Coups — Another Country ... Another Man — The Final Coup — The Rebel — Raskol — A Higher Value — Russia Returns to Its Roots — Confrontation Still Lives in Our Souls

Editorial Reviews

Analyzes the pattern of Democratic presidential failures from post- WWII to the present, looking at factors involved in Democratic realignment including rise in affluence in the post-war years; race and civil rights issues; the Democratic party's perceived shift to the Left around 1966; President Carter's failures in domestic issues; and economic conditions in the early 1990s. Includes numerous tables. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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