Download or read book Memoirs written by Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In these long-awaited memoirs, Mikhail Gorbachev looks back on a lifetime that mirrors the fate of the Russian people. From the persecution of his family under Stalin to his first political steps, to his extraordinary rise within the Communist Party, Gorbachev recounts the events that led to his own disillusionment, without which the eventual implosion of communism would not have taken place. He casts an equally sharp eye on the policies of both past communist governments and present-day reformers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved