Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders

Name: Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders
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ISBN: 9780521892445

ISBN-10: 0521892449

ISBN-13: 9780521892445

Edition: 2002

Authors: George W. Breslauer

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Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders examines the strategies employed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to build leadership authority. Political leaders often use a combination of coercion, material reward, and persuasion, but Professor Breslauer focuses on the power of ideas, as leaders use them to mobilize support and to craft an image as effective problem solvers, indispensable consensus builders, and symbols of national unity. In Khrushchev and Brezhnev as Leaders: Building Authority in Soviet Politics (1982), he documented Khrushchev's and Brezhnev's domestic policy strategies; this book handles domestic and foreign policies. All chapters compare Gorbachev and Yeltsin and Khrushchev…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 348
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



Leadership Strategies in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics



Gorbachev and Yeltsin: Personalities and Beliefs



The Rise of Gorbachev



Gorbachev Ascendant



Gorbachev on the Political Defensive



Yeltsin versus Gorbachev



Yeltsin Ascendant



Yeltsin on the Political Defensive



Yeltsin Lashes Out: The Invasion of Chechnya (December 1994)



Yeltsin's Many Last Hurrahs



Explaining Leaders' Choices, 1985-1999



Criteria for the Evaluation of Transformational Leaders



Evaluating Gorbachev as Leader



Evaluating Yeltsin as Leader


Index