I have a great deal of respect for Mikhail Gorbachev. I'm afraid history will judge him harshly as, in the end, he lost control of the revolution he began. But Gorby was right, both about the need for Glasnost and Perestroika, and the need to introduce reforms gradually. It was Yeltsin, not Gorbachev, who set Russia back twenty years.
In this article Gorbachev comments on the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl, it's impact on Soviet history, and the continuation of nuclear arms race:
Unfortunately, the problem of nuclear arms is still very serious today. Countries that have them – the members of the so-called "nuclear club" – are in no hurry to get rid of them. On the contrary, they continue to refine their arsenals, while countries without nuclear weapons want them, believing that the nuclear club’s monopoly is a threat to the world peace.
2 comments:
Have you done any reading on Gorby recently? You had mentioned looking into a biography some while back. I ought to look into a biography myself.
Hi Stryker,
Thanks for reminding me. I haven't had much time for pleasure reading lately, but summer is soon here and I'll be spending a lot of time on planes and trains :-). Need to stock up on some books.
... Ami.
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