The Long Road to Freedom

From the author of The Soviet Union and the Middle East comes an examination of glasnost, or liberalization, in Russia through discussion of its impact on the Soviet economy, culture, and politics.

In an effort to examine Mikhail Gorbachev and the political style that emerged in the Soviet Union after he became the secretary general of the Communist Party, American historian Walter Laqueur analyzes how Gorbachev’s rule has impacted Soviet society and culture, both through how the government...