Final Days: The Inside Story Of The Collapse Of The Soviet Union

Grachev, foreign policy advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985 until 1991, and then press secretary, describes meetings with Western leaders, State Council debates on a new treaty of union, and Gorbachev's private talks with leaders in government, business, religion, and culture, in his account of debates occurring between the August coup and the end of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. Includes the text of Gorbachev's resignation speech. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.