Download or read book What Went Wrong with Perestroika written by Marshall I. Goldman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A political commentator discusses the rise and fall of Mikhail Gorbachev, revealing Gorbachev as a reluctant reformer, who did nothing to counter the nation's overindulgence of heavy industry.