Gorbi. The collapse of the Soviet Empire

Two of the authors of this book worked in the Soviet Union during the Gorbachevsky "Perestroika": Rodrik Breveta was the British Ambassador to the USSR, Jack Matlock was the US ambassador. They knew Mikhail Gorbachev well, met him many times, and in addition, they knew his associates and enemies. The third of the authors, Strogub Talbott, was an adviser and deputy state secretary of the United States, had an influence on the foreign policy of the United States, including in relation to the USSR.
In their memoirs, they write about how Gorbachev conducted "perestroika", about his negotiations and secret agreements with R. Reagan and J. Bush, with M. Thatcher. In addition, it is described in detail about such prominent figures of the era of perestroika, such as B. Yeltsin, A. Yakovlev, E. Shevardnadze, Yu. Afanasyev, about V. Kryuchkov, D. Yazov, E. Ligachev, about the GKChP and his failure, about "o" democratic revolution "and the collapse of the USSR.
In addition to the book, the letters of the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini to Gorbachev, Libyan leader M. Gaddafi to the GKChP and statements by President Iraq S. Hussein about Gorbachev are given