Michail Gorbatschow: "Perestroika - Die zweite russische Revolution". Aus dem Amerikanischen von Gabriele Burkhardt, Reiner Pfleiderer, Wolfram Ströhle, Übersetzergruppe Dr. Ulrich Mihr, Tübingen. Droemer Knaur, München 1987. 343 Seiten, 36 Mark

A critical analysis of the economic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, which claims that the Soviet leader did little to counter the nation's overindulgence in heavy industry or to combat a burgeoning budget deficit. The resultant economic collapse, it is argued, led to political disintegration.