Aleksandr Iakovlev: Perestroika 1985-1991. Dokumenty [Alexander Yakovlev: Perestroika 1985-1991. Documents]

A detailed collection of documents on the course and evolution of Perestroika related to its main architect, Alexander Iakovlev. One of the first Russians to come to the US on a Fulbright in the 1950s (together with Oleg Kalugin), Iakovlev became the leading thinker and architect of perestroika and glasnost under M S Gorbachev. Vital collection for anyone interested in contemporary Russian history and the last years of the USSR.