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The August Coup: The Truth and the Lessons.
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THE AUGUST Coup: THE TRUTH AND THE LESSONS. By Mikhail Gorbachev. HarperCollins; 127 Vages; 13.99 pounds and $18
IT MUST have been hard; but Mikhail Gorbachev accepts that, after the failure of the Kremlin coup in August, he returned from his brief Crimean exile to a different country. He also insists that he returned to it with different eyes. Whether that qualifies him for a continuing role in shaping the future of the ex-Soviet Union is still not certain. There is no doubt that Mr Gorbachev still feels he has a mission to complete. These 90 loosely packed pages (plus ...
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