This book looks at the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev has he sought to convince the West that the USSR is not dangerous, either militarily or politically.

Through a combination of actions and words, Mikhail Gorbachev has sought to convince the West that the USSR is not dangerous, either militarily or politically. At home, he has sought to convince his countrymen that it is time to abandon the idea that the USSR is at war with the non-socialist world, and that it must keep the West at arms -length. I