This is why you should not take your Soviet history lessons from a self-help writer. Not only did the United States try to help Gorbachev, he wasn't in power after the Soviet collapse, and we then went all-in for Yeltsin, including getting Russia into the G-7.
Mikhail Gorbachev was a visionary leader. The refusal of the U.S. to help Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed was typical of America's arrogance and lack of visionary foreign policy. If we had helped Gorbachev then, Russia's path would probably have not been toward a Putin.
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Replying to @RadioFreeTom
You have no idea what kind of writer I am because you have never read my books. (You should never take your advice from someone who gets their opinions secondhand from the internet.) It was Gorbachev who allowed the breakup of the Soviet Union. Of course he was in power.

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We're all forgetting what ended the Cold War: it was love. The collective love of all humanity's hearts feeling and healing together. Or whatever.
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How is this tweet still up? So embarrassing.
yahh he did not allow the break up of the ussr. he was just too dumb to understand what he had done by letting republics vote for independence. boris just out smarted him. he didn’t want russia to leave the ussr. stop it
Yeah... we went all in with Yeltsin...
lololololol..Marianne, google is your friend. this is like me arguing with Trump about what makes your skin orange. he is an expert.
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If you can’t take the time to get 240 characters right, why would anyone read an entire book you wrote?
Maybe you should google who you are replying to before you fire off inane replies.