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Essay interpreting Gorbachev's overall accomplishments and failures through 1991 as his eventual political legacy from a democratic standpoint compared to that of Martin Luther King and his eventual legacy and impact on the United States.

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Unique cross-cultural comparison of Gorbachev with unlikely American counterpart but with comparable influences on each of their countries.

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This page is a summary of: The Legacy of Mikhail S. Gorbachev, The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, January 1992, Brill Deutschland GmbH,
DOI: 10.1163/187633292x00153.
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