Gorbachev

ISBN: 9780881622157

出版年: 1986-6

定价: 45.00

内容简介

\"Red Star Rises\":
An Overview
ondon??? Saturday??? December 15??? 1984: Mikhail Gor-
bachev??? as yet unknown to the public in the West???
arrived at the head of a Soviet parliamentary delegation
who were on a routine exchange visit as guests of the
House of Commons. Gorbachev was officially no more than
a Politburo Member??? Central Committee Secretary and
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Sup-
reme Soviet; but there was a feeling that the visit could
have a significance way beyond its official purpose. Besides
being the youngest Politburo Member??? he was heir-appa-
rent to the aging??? ailing Konstantin Chernenko. This was
the first visit by a high-ranking Soviet leader since Pre-
mier Alexei Kosygin came to London in 1967. His every
word and gesture would be watched for some insight into
the younger generation of future leaders. Would he be
merely another grim bureaucrat??? a younger version of the
old men who had ruled the Soviet Union for the previous
two decades? Or might his rise mark a genuine break with
the past?
Even on arrival that December noon??? he seemed indeed
to be something different??? dapperly dressed in grey pin-
stripe suit and trilby hat??? as easy and relaxed as any West
European parliamentarian??? not at all the remote appar-
atchik.