The Search for a New Beginning: Developing a New Civilization by Mikhail S. Gorbachev

by Mikhail Gorbachev

Thirty years ago, who would have envisioned a former president of the Soviet Union eloquently invoking the speeches of JFK and William Faulkner's prose, as well as Native American words of wisdom? Moreover, who could have imagined that this same statesman would advocate a new, global civilization built on diversity, democracy, environmental awareness, mutual responsibility, peace, and trust? In The Search for a New Beginning, Mikhail Gorbachev - the man instrumental in the end of the Cold War - turns his gaze to the future of politics, nations, and individuals.

Hardcover

First published June 28, 1995

About the author

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Russian politician. He was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991.

Gorbachev's attempts at reform—perestroika and glasnost—as well as summit conferences with United States President Ronald Reagan, contributed to the end of the Cold War, and also ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. At the time of his death Gorbachev served as the leader of the Union of Social-Democrats, a political party founded after the official dissolution of the Social Democratic Party of Russia on 20 October 2007.

Reviews

[Nour Baher · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my fav books

[Vanessa Dargain · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small but piercing dart into cold war political thinking .
Simply stated ideas and culturally introspective . Liked reading it .
The notion of new thinking was big for socialist thinkers during the 1990's , but it reached a plateau in 2010 . Probably due to hypocrisy .