The politics of reform in the Soviet Union.

National Review | August 14, 1987| | Copyright

The Politics of Reform

SCARCELY A DAY passes without theappearance of a newspaper article or two concerning Mikhail Gorbachev, reform in the Soviet Union, and glasnost. However, an increasing number of Western scholars and observers of Soviet history are concluding that, in this instance, where there's smoke there's only more smoke. Take, for example, Gorbachev's recent speech to officials of the state-controlled unions for journalists, writers, and artists, in which the General Secretary, while refusing to promise anything specific in the way of increased freedom ...

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