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Gorbachev: Triumph and Failure

By Robert G. Kaiser
Spring 1991
Article Summary and Author Biography

Explains why Gorbachev must succumb to the power of the political forces he himself set in motion.

Robert G. Kaiser, deputy managing editor of The Washington Post, is the author of Russia: The People and the Power. This article is adapted from his forthcoming book, Why Gorbachev Happened, His Triumphs and His Failure.

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