Gorbachev, Mikhail — THE AUGUST COUP The Truth and the Lessons.

New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0060168900. DJ, charcoal boards, black half cloth, front and rear red ep stained, o, w book and DJ as new. ; 127 pages; How profound social transformations in the Soviet Union inevitably were accompanied by popular discontent over the hardships of daily life, of which the coup plotters sought to take advantage. Author speaks frankly of his own mistakes and oversights, and of the differences and conflicts in the democratic movement which the conspirators also sought to exploit.. F/F.