Mikhail Gorbachev is the man who changed everything. No longer in power, he has been forced to endure criticism from those wise after the event - most notably Boris Yeltsin, who became undisputed leader after the failed military coup that finally displaced Gorbachev from office.
After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has ever been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev.
This book emerged from a series of conversations between Mikhail Gorbachev and Daisaku Ikeda. Together they explore their experiences of life amidst the turmoil of the 20th century and together they search for a common ethical basis for future development.