The August Coup: TheTruth and the Lessons
by Mikhail S Gorbachev
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0060168900
- ISBN 13
- 9780060168902
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This book is in very good condition. There is no wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. The previous owner signed the inside front cover board. The pages are crisp, white, and free from any markings.
"The possibility of a coup d'etat with the use of force and rumors of the preparations being made for it had been circulating in Soviet society for many months. Consequently the coup did not come unexpectedly, like a bolt from the blue. In reply to the straight question that was put to me more than once, I had always said that a coup d'etat in the present situation was impossible, it was doomed to fail, and that only madmen could attempt it. In saying that I was far from wishing to underestimate the danger of the hysteria which was being whipped up by the right-wingers in the press and at meetings of the Central Committee, of provocative speeches by certain generals, and of the sabotage of many perestroika decisions by the Party and state machinery at all levels...." - Chapter One from The August Coup: The Truth and the Lessons
"The possibility of a coup d'etat with the use of force and rumors of the preparations being made for it had been circulating in Soviet society for many months. Consequently the coup did not come unexpectedly, like a bolt from the blue. In reply to the straight question that was put to me more than once, I had always said that a coup d'etat in the present situation was impossible, it was doomed to fail, and that only madmen could attempt it. In saying that I was far from wishing to underestimate the danger of the hysteria which was being whipped up by the right-wingers in the press and at meetings of the Central Committee, of provocative speeches by certain generals, and of the sabotage of many perestroika decisions by the Party and state machinery at all levels...." - Chapter One from The August Coup: The Truth and the Lessons
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- Bookseller
- Revue & Revalued Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 415
- Title
- The August Coup
- Author
- Mikhail S Gorbachev
- Format/Binding
- The binding is tight and solid.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060168900
- ISBN 13
- 9780060168902
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Russia, Soviet Union, Gorbachev, Coup d'etat, St George's Hall, Kremlin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian History; The Soviet Union; Revolution; Russian Coup 'detat;
- Size
- Super Octavo
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