Democratization and Revolution in the Ussr, 1985-91Democratization and Revolution in the USSR, 1985 91 presents a strikingly new view of the Gorbachev era and the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union. Written by one of America's most distinguished specialists on the former Soviet Union, this is the first comprehensive overview of the Gorbachev period and describes it as a real revolution, not mere reform. According to Hough, despite Mikhail Gorbachev's talk of a regulated market, he never