George Breslauer

How did Gorbachev and Yeltsin get away with transforming and replacing the Soviet system and its foreign relations? Why did they act as they did in pushing for such radical changes? And how will history evaluate their accomplishments? In this unique and original study, George W. Breslauer compares and evaluates the leadership strategies adopted by Gorbachev and Yeltsin at each stage of their administrations: political rise, political ascendancy, and political decline. He demonstrates how these men used the power of ideas to mobilize support for their policies, to seize the initiative from political rivals, and to mold their images as effective problem solvers, indispensable politicians, and symbols of national unity and élan. Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders also compares these men with Khrushchev and Brezhnev, yielding new insight into the nature of Soviet and post-Soviet politics and into the dynamics of “transformational” leadership more generally. The book is an important contribution to the analysis and evaluation of political leadership. It is exceptionally well written and accessible to the nonspecialist.

Glavnoj zadachej svoego issledovanija Dzhordzh Breslauer vidit podrobnoe rassmotrenie rukovodjaschego stilja M. S. Gorbacheva i B. N. Eltsina. Avtor aktsentiruet svoe vnimanie na ikh publichnoj ritorike, rassmatrivaja obshirnyj material vystuplenij i memuarov: Eltsin i Gorbachev predstajut kak lidery, veduschie nepreryvnyj politicheskij dialog s soratnikami i protivnikami vnutri strany i za rubezhom. Avtor analiziruet obuslovlennost vybora toj ili inoj strategii v raznye momenty politicheskoj karery kazhdogo iz liderov, obstojatelstva, kotorye pozvolili im preuspet, i prichiny, po kotorym ikh dejstvija vstrechali - ili ne vstrechali - podderzhku so storony politicheskogo isteblishmenta i prostykh grazhdan, a takzhe daet otsenku ikh politicheskikh uspekhov i neudach. Perevodchik: Razin A. V.

How did Gorbachev and Yeltsin get away with transforming and replacing the Soviet system and its foreign relations? Why did they act as they did in pushing for such radical changes? And how will history evaluate their accomplishments? In this unique and original study, George W. Breslauer compares and evaluates the leadership strategies adopted by Gorbachev and Yeltsin at each stage of their administrations: political rise, political ascendancy, and political decline. He demonstrates how these men used the power of ideas to mobilize support for their policies, to seize the initiative from political rivals, and to mold their images as effective problem solvers, indispensable politicians, and symbols of national unity and élan. Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders also compares these men with Khrushchev and Brezhnev, yielding new insight into the nature of Soviet and post-Soviet politics and into the dynamics of “transformational” leadership more generally. The book is an important contribution to the analysis and evaluation of political leadership. It is exceptionally well written and accessible to the nonspecialist.

This book addresses an aspect of the theory and practice of foreign policy that has assumed increasing emphasis in the study of international relations. It provides a comprehensive analytical assessment of the role of learning in the development of U. S.-Soviet relations.

Are policymakers capable of learning about the complex international environment they must deal with when formulating foreign policy? Interest in the phenomenon of "learning" has been growing, driven in part by the advent of Gorbachev, and by prospects for ending the Cold War. In this book, leading scholars explore the theoretical and practical im

The Soviet Union, currently undergoing a period of transition, is faced with the need to overcome chronic problems both domestic and abroad that have been developing for many years. Wide-ranging and up-to-date, Soviet Politics takes a close look at all the major aspects of Soviet political life in the 1980s.