Preface Acknowledgments Introduction / Boris Yeltsin, Russian Liberator 1. Refore or Revolution? Yeltsin and Gorbachev, 1987
1991
From Colleagues to Rivals
Yeltsin Builds an Opposition Program and Russian Base
Challenging the Center
Counterrevolution and Democratic Revolution
Replacing the Union
Epilogue 2. The Politics of Reform, 1991
1999
Facing Communist Opposition
Conflicts over Policy and Consitutional Structure
Blocking Constitutional Reform
Reform and Rebellion
The New Constitutional Order
Parliamentary and Presidential Elections
The Final Phase of Yeltsin's Leadership: Economic and Political Crisis
Yeltsin Seeks a Successor 3. Building A New Economy
The Legacy of Gorbachev's Economic Reforms
The Politics and Economics of the Yeltsin Reforms
The Long Struggle for Agricultural Reform
Yeltsin's Achievement in Economic Reform 4. The New Russia and the World
Russia and the West
Russia and East Asia
Russia and the Other Former Soviet Republics
An Overview of Russian Foreign Policy under Yeltsin The Yeltsin Legacy Notes Selected Bibliography Index
