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Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders

Robert Legvold, George W. Breslauer

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1. Leadership strategies after Stalin 2. Gorbachev and Yeltsin: personalities and beliefs 3. The rise of Gorbachev 4. Gorbachev ascendant 5. Gorbachev on the political defensive 6. Yeltsin versus Gorbachev 7. Yeltsin ascendant 8. Yeltsin on the political defensive 9. Yeltsin lashes out: the invasion of Chechnya (December, 1994) 10. Yeltsin's many last hurrahs 11. Explaining leaders' choices, 1985-99 12. Criteria for the evaluation of transformational leaders 13. Evaluating Gorbachev as leader 14. Evaluating Yeltsin as leader.

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Key concepts: Political science, Political economy, Development economics, Economics