Truth and Freedom

Author: (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, translated by Yu Tao and others
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: Gorbachev was once a globally recognized figure. This book is a selected Chinese edition of "Gorbachev's Memoirs." The "memoir content" consists of three parts: The first part is about Gorbachev's life and family, documenting his experiences before becoming General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and his personal family life and relationships with close friends; the second part is about Gorbachev's political career in the Kremlin, detailing his ideas and actions in reform after becoming General Secretary. Among them, the delicate records of Gorbachev's reflections on the reform cause and psychological activities, post-event reflections, justifications for his own actions, and the open and hidden struggles between bureaucratic factions are invaluable and irreplaceable unique materials that no other publications can match; the third part is about Gorbachev's experiences during the "tough year of 1991," focusing on the detailed process of the August coup and the dissolution at the end of the year, as well as his complex inner feelings as a ruling president forced to resign and the subsequent formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States after the dissolution of the union. Gorbachev's recollections are as follows, and readers may interpret them differently.