William Taubman on Mikhail Gorbachev, with Kai Bird
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and his Era comes the definitive volume on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century, Mikhail Gorbachev. In conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird, William Taubman discusses Gorbachev’s contested place in history: a hero or inept politician who let the Soviet Empire collapse.
Co-presented with Leon Levy Center at CUNY.
William Taubman photo © Michele Stapleton
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William Taubman on Mikhail Gorbachev, with Kai Bird
<p>From the <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/william-taubman" target="_blank">Pulitzer Prize-winning author</a> of <em>Khrushchev: The Man and his Era</em> comes the definitive volume on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century, Mikhail Gorbachev. In conversation with <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/kai-bird-and-martin-j-sherwin" target="_blank">Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer</a> <a href="https://brooklyn.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Bird%2C+Kai&searchType=author" target="_blank">Kai Bird</a>, <a href="https://brooklyn.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Taubman%2C+William&searchType=author" target="_blank">William Taubman</a> discusses Gorbachev’s contested place in history: a hero or inept politician who let the Soviet Empire collapse. </p>
<p>Co-presented with <a href="https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Centers-and-Institutes/Leon-Levy-Center-for-Biography" target="_blank">Leon Levy Center at CUNY</a>.</p>
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