The New Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev HARDBACK 9781509503872

The New Russia\n\n\""Mikhail Gorbachev, with his prodigious intellect, vast experience, and powers of perception, gives us his views spanning from his time in office to the present day. As he says, 'Life teaches you more than any teacher,' and we all can learn by reading this account of his extraordinary life.\""\n\u2014George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States \n\""Gorbachev was on the right side of history. One day the Russian people will recognize that they have as much reason to be grateful to him as do the rest of us. This important book explains why.\""\n\u2014Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom \n\""Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev recounts his reaction to events over the past quarter century, from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the Russian Federation, to the revival of Cold-War-like confrontation with the West and the return of authoritarian go]