My Russia: The Dramatic History of a Great Power

With his almost fifty years of experience as a politician, statesman and political linchpin, Mikhail Gorbachev gives his vision of the dramatic political changes that the Russian people have undergone since the bloody revolution of 1917 and of what significance these were and can be for the entire world. With a critical pen, ideas and actions of the charismatic leaders of the great powers, from Lenin to Yeltsin, are also commented on.

The author also discusses in detail the motives behind his perestroika policy, his successful attempt this time to bring about a revolution without bloodshed, and his efforts and failures to keep the Soviet Union together. He does not hesitate to make unprecedentedly candid statements about intrigues and secret discussions from his reign. Gorbachev is and remains a political thinker of world stature and advocates the continuation of the New Thinking in world politics. He discusses in particular the role of the United Nations, the NATO countries, nuclear armament and the global economic, humanitarian and ecological issues.